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State Bar Exam Difficulty Rankings

4/5/2013

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When you finish with law school you can sit back, give a great big sigh of relief, and have a great rest of your life. Right?  Wrong!  You have to pass the bar exam.  The bar is the monster underneath your bed every night from the day you get to law school until, well, until you get your results. 

Pass rates vary by state. Some states have reputations for having very difficult exams and some states’ exams are a piece of cake. But looking at the pass rates by state doesn’t give you all of the information you need to know.  What if the state has a low pass rate because the law students were low quality?  Robert Anderson, an Associate Professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, compared average LSAT scores for each state to the pass rate for the state to compile a ranking of states with the most difficult pass rates. In essence, he is comparing quality of the students (as defined by LSATs) to actual pass rates. His computations were a little more complex than that – if you want more information, contact us.

Want to know how afraid you should be?

States With the Most Difficult Bar Exams (most difficult is #1)
                        
Rank                                 State Bar Exam                          Avg. LSAT               

1                                         California                                    160.92                     
2                                         Arkansas                                    155.21                        
3                                         Washington                               158.45                        
4                                         Louisiana                                    154.86                        
5                                         Nevada                                      158.41                        
6                                         Virginia                                       163.10                        
7                                         Oregon                                      159.21                        
8                                         West Virginia                              153.43                        
9                                         Vermont                                    155.04                        
10                                       Maryland                                   160.40                        

We kind of play favorites with Connecticut; so here is the ranking for you, our fine friends:

33 out of 48                Connecticut                                       157.68                        

And for those of you who get to take the “cupcake” tests. We congratulate you! But we still think you ought to study a little.

States with the Easiest Bar Exams (easiest is #1)

Rank                          State Bar Exam                                 Avg. LSAT

1                                  South Dakota                                    150.00                        
2                                  Wisconsin                                          159.12                        
3                                  Nebraska                                           155.39                        
4                                  Iowa                                                  156.56                        
5                                  Montana                                            155.00                        
6                                  Wyoming                                          153.68                        
7                                  Michigan                                            152.00                        
8                                  Oklahoma                                          154.96                        
9                                  New Mexico                                       156.45                        
10                                Missouri                                             157.56            

If you want more details regarding the study (or if your state ranking wasn't shown and you want to know where you stand) just ask! We’ll be happy to share more information with you.    


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