The official pass list for the 2013 July DC Bar Exam is now posted online. Out of 240 test takers the overall pass rate was less than half, 45%. First time takers had a slightly better showing with a pass rate of 56%.
Here is a link to the pass list:
The results for the DC Bar Exam from July 2013 have been posted today. Below is a picture of the pass list from the Committee on Admissions. Once the results are posted online I will share the statistics. Congratulations to everyone who passed!
We’ve got some preliminary numbers on the MBE from the July 2013 bar exam. Looks like we had a nice scale with the mean coming in at 144.3 with a range of 41 – 189.9. Kudos to whoever got within 0.1 points of a perfect scaled score of 190! We’ll look more closely at the scale when more results are out. Until then, hang tight as results are coming out slowly over the next month or so here across the country.
My bar exam tutoring roster is full for all jurisdictions for the February 2014 bar exam. I know that results from July are not even out yet, but 1/2 my slots were already full even before the July exam. I apologize to everyone if this seems unfair since results are not even out yet but I only take on a limited number of students each exam. And this year, I had many students contact me quite early. Notwithstanding the above, there are always exceptions, and sometimes students of mine end up not being able to take the exam for one reason or another and drop out. So feel free to email me if you have a strong need for tutoring for the February exam and I will see what I can do to try and help you out. Until then, we are patiently waiting for results, with most jurisdictions releasing results this month, VA and DC at the end of this month, and California of course making us wait the longest until the 22nd of November.
Welcome to August, and congratulations to everyone who took the July 2013 bar exam, it’s finally over! This summer was a particularly tough administration of the exam, especially in Virginia. Lots of Professional Responsibility, full Creditors Rights question, etc. The MBE was a bit tougher than usual this summer as well, making for a particularly hard time in Virginia. DC was no piece of cake either, MPTs and MEEs were slightly more difficult than usual as well. Once the MBE curve is available I’ll be taking a close look at that to do an analysis and see how the scaled scores look this time around.
Results to come out in early to mid October for DC and VA, I’ll post more specific dates when I get them. Good luck until then!
With one week until exam day, the July 2013 bar exam is just around the corner. I like to make this week all about review: practicing MBE questions, reading over past essays, perusing flash cards and skimming notes. I’ve also like going over the Strategies and Tactics for the MBE book every day for the rest of this week leading up to the next week. It’s a great book for nailing down the trickiest and most tested distinctions on the MBE, and unlike essay questions, the MBE requires highly detailed knowledge of distinctions. For those of you taking Virginia, don’t be fooled into thinking