DC Bar Exam from July 2010 results have been posted and the results are very low. Overall pass rate is 41% with first time takers at 60%. Only 97 people passed this summer, which is a record low as far as I remember for a summer exam. Very tough.
http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/membership/current_members/examResults.cfm
The July 2010 results are “very low” because the DC committee on admissions has a secret policy to “cut” as many as they can because unemployment. There are 8000 new lawyers looking for job and the majority are lending in DC and NY metroareas in hope to be hired. Look in craigslist, all paralegal jobs are filed by lawyers…??? The problem is that we are yet naive…and believe that this profession is not regulated… It is very well regulated by so-called “state bar associations”. As the economy will pickup they will be back to passing “70% or more”.
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