Category: Bar Exam

The Feb 2022 VA Bar exam results for Virginia have been posted on the VBBE website here. The results were slightly lower than the typical February exams, with a 66% pass rate and 76% of first time takers passing. William and Mary had an excellent showing with all test takers from there passing the exam, 100% of first time and 100% of all takers from W&M passed, congrats! And congrats to everyone else who passed the exam. For those who did not pass the exam, look to your score breakdown to see where you fell short and think about what could have been done differently. The key to improving is changing parts of your approach.

The admission ceremony is June 8th at 12:30pm, congrats again!

The bar exam results for the July 2021 Virginia bar exam have been posted at the VBBE website. The full pass lists (both list 1 and list 2) are up and viewable now. The results are in line with a typical summer administration of the bar exam, with an overall pass rate of around 75%. Congratulations to everyone who passed! You can find the results here.

Looking at the details, we had over 79% of first time test takers pass and just under 75% of all test takers pass. Congratulations to William and Mary and George Mason for both having a pass rate over 90% (William and Mary wins first prize with a pass rate of 91.53%, congrats!) The admission ceremony will be virtual again and will be on December 8th.

Again, congratulations to everyone who passed the exam! If your name is not on the pass list, reassess your study method and try something different for February. Not just a different set of materials, but a different approach.

The Feb 2021 VA bar exam results are now live and up on the VBBE website here.

Results look pretty typical for February, with 69% of first time takers passing and an overall pass rate of a little less than 60%. There are typically more repeat test takers in February and since repeat takers have a lower pass rate (except my students!) the Feb pass rate is correspondingly lower.

Congratulations to everyone that passed! If you didn’t pass, reassess where you fell short and don’t give up. Take a new approach to your studying and try something different for this July.

The exam results for the October 2020 DC Bar Exam have been posted here for tester takes to access their results via EXAM ID. The full past list with names of test takers will be posted this Friday afternoon. Go check the results and good luck!

EDIT: Some are having issues with the website being down due to heavy traffic, you can access the direct PDF here

We’re still waiting on the Washington DC Bar exam results from the October remote exam to be posted (hopefully this week or next) but in the meanwhile I wanted to go over the Virginia September (essay only) bar exam results that were recently posted.

First off, they must be putting something in the water down in Charlottesville, congratulations to UVA for achieving a 100% pass rate for ALL test takers for the second exam in a row! This is quite remarkable, especially on this exam which had an overall pass rate of 75.51% with first time test takers passing at a slightly higher rate of 78.52%.

The admission ceremony will be held on January 6, 2021 and will be a virtual ceremony. I don’t know if they allow guests to dial into the ceremony, but if they do I recommend having friends and family join as it is a special occasion, and easier for those not living near Richmond to attend.

Congratulations to everyone who passed the exam! Hoping for the DC results soon as Maryland posted their results a few days ago.

The July 2020 bar exam results are posted. This was the first administration of the exam with Covid-19 in full swing, and the students who took this did quite well.

The overall pass rate was 87.47% with 90.62% of first time takers passing the exam!! This is a fantastic pass rate for one of, if not the hardest bar exam in the country. And a very special congratulations to the University of Virginia for a perfect 100% pass rate among ALL test takers!

The special September 2020 administration (Essay only) of the exam will have the results posted on November 20, 2020. I expect a similarly high pass rate, maybe even higher. Until then…