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Most law graduates are under the false impression that the more times you take a state bar exam the greater your changes are to passing
In fact, it is just the opposite. The more times you sit for a state bar, you decrease your chances of being successful.
The statistical proof is clear and convincing that repeat takers continuously do poorer on the bar exam than first time takers. Here are the hard facts:
The Pennsylvania February 2013 bar results indicate that the first time takers passed at an 72%. The second time takers pass rate was 57%, the third time taker pass rate was 53% and the fourth time takers passed at 24%.
In Texas, for the February 2013 bar exam results, first time takers passed at an 81% rate, while repeat takers passed at a 36% pass rate.
In Massachusetts, for the February 2013 bar results, first time takers passed at a 73% rate, second time takers passed at a 62%, third time takers passed at a 39% rate, fourth time takers passed at a 40% rate and 5th time takers or more passed at a 15% rate.
These statistical repeat taker numbers are a clear representation that repeat takers, on an average, only pass the bar exam at about a 33% rate. Obtaining a bar exam tutor should be the number one goal for all repeat takers.
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"The more times you sit for a state bar, you decrease your chances of being successful."
ReplyDeleteThis statement is inverting the causation relationship. The fact that someone has a low chance of passing means they will be more likely to have to take the bar more than once. Taking the bar more than once has little effect on your actual ability to pass the bar.
Either way, if you fail the bar a tutor is probably a good idea.