RWU’s Phenomenal Bar Pass Success
2007 has been a record breaking year for RWU SOL graduates on our “Big 3” – the bar exams given by Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. This success comes on the heels of very strong bar results in these jurisdictions over the last three years.
First Time Bar Pass Rate for July Bar (in order of number of students taking the exam)
Massachusetts: 88%
Rhode Island 78%
Connecticut 91%
85% of our students sitting for one of the “Big Three” passed on their first try; 81% of students who took two of the three exams passed both on the first try (which is possible because our big three stagger their exam dates.)
Our pass rate for Rhode Island is the highest in the school’s history. This is a remarkable achievement because Rhode Island is one of the toughest exams in the country: #45 out of the 50 states.
In Connecticut, our students topped the state pass rate by 11%. In fact, when just considering our 2007 graduates, we had a 100% bar pass rate for Connecticut in July. And because Connecticut is one of the few states that releases comprehensive data (July 2007 and February 2007) we know that when the July and February 2007 results are combined RWU is #1 for schools with 30 or more takers.
1. RWU 89%
2. UCONN 86%
3. Pace 78%
4. Quinnipiac 76%
5. Western New England 74%
6. Hofstra 72%
All this is evidence of how hard work by RWU students, plus teaching that is rigorous, but humane, is a recipe for professional success.
To read past blogs about bar pass success click the links below:
The Mass Bar Results are In and It Is More Great News for RWUSOL
