Okay, so I’m not going to pretend that the bar exam is easy peasy. You know it’s tough. But did you know that since February 2025, the average Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) score has been lower than it ...

Despite very high pass rates, the bar exam is one of the most challenging professional ventures you can take. In 2024, the national average pass rate for first-time test takers from ABA-accredited law ...

If you’re planning to take the bar, you’ve probably heard people toss around words like scaled score, raw score, or minimum passing score. And honestly? It can get confusing fast. The good news is ...

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Over 60,000 aspiring attorneys take the bar exam every year, but not all of them pass. But what are the bar exam pass rates, and how hard is it, really? In this guide, I’ll outline the trends and ...

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6:43 a.m. March 4, 2025: An earlier version of this story said test taker Ray Hayden could not afford to go to California to take the bar exam. In fact, he considered the journey a waste of money.