Foreign Educated Lawyers: When You Must Pass the New York and California Bar Exams

The bar exam results for July 2012 from New York indicated that foreign educated lawyers passed at a first time rate of 46%, and that all foreign educated lawyers passed at a 36% rate. In California, the results are even worse. In July 2011, California’s foreign educated lawyers passed at a 21% rate, with repeat takers passing at only a 14%. Even with one year at a law school, California’s pass rate for foreign lawyers was a 25% and repeat takers were at 15%.

As can be seen, the pass rate is dismal for foreign educated lawyers. That’s why, before sitting for a bar exam, foreign educated lawyers need a bar tutor. Working with a tutor will dramatically improve your chances of passing. Write, write and write some more. An applicant needs to learn to write on the bar exam subjects to both understand the law and to develop a writing structure. Memorize the law “cold” because you have a built in language barrier. You do not have the time to think about the law, you must know it. Above all else, start early.

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