Bar Exam

Florida winter bar exam passage rate now at lowest point in 8 years

Published on April 10, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

How low can we go: The number of first-time Florida Bar takers who pass the February administration of the exam has plummeted to its lowest level in eight years. Of 751 first-time takers, 433 passed the bar, or 57.7 percent, according to a Monday release from the state’s Board of Bar Examiners. That’s down from the high pass rate of 80.2 percent in February 2013, when there were 819 first-timers, and the lowest passing percentage for the February exam since 2009. “Save for…

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Bar exam board now seeking public members

Published on February 21, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

The board responsible for writing the state’s bar examination is looking for two more volunteer members. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners now is seeking “two public members” for three-year terms each, it announced in a Tuesday press release. “A public member volunteer should possess education or work-related experience such as educational testing, accounting, statistical analysis, medicine, psychology or related sciences,” the release said. “A bachelor’s degree is required. Lawyers are not eligible.” The Board “ensures that (Bar) applicants have met the requirements…

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Bar exam board seeking two lawyer members

Published on February 20, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Staff Reports

The organization responsible for writing the state’s bar examination is looking for two good lawyers. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners has two openings for attorney-members, it said in a Monday news release. Applicants have to be “practicing lawyers with scholarly attainments” and must have been a member of The Florida Bar for at least five years. Sorry, judges and law professors are ineligible. Members have to “attend approximately ten meetings a year in various Florida locations, be willing and able to devote…

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Lawyers married to military could bypass bar exam in Florida

Published on February 6, 2017 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

The Florida Bar wants lawyer-spouses of active military members stationed in Florida to be able to practice law here without having to take the state bar exam. The Bar, which regulates the state’s 100,000-plus licensed attorneys, filed its request with the Florida Supreme Court last week. The change would require court approval. Twenty-three other states, including Texas and New York, “have adopted a military spouse rule,” the Bar’s petition says. It “received no comments in opposition.” “Due to the unique mobility…

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Florida bar exam passage rate drops to lowest point in 5 years

Published on September 19, 2016 in Apolitical by Jim Rosica

Florida law school students’ downward spiral continues, with only 68.2 percent passing the latest state bar exam. The state’s Board of Bar Examiners on Monday released the figures for the July 26-27 examination. The results are for first-time test takers only. This July’s overall pass rate was 0.7 percent lower than last year’s, of 68.9 percent. In 2014, it was 71.8 percent for the summer exam; in 2013, it was 77.2 percent. In 2012 and 2011, 80.2 percent and 80.1 percent of first-time test takers passed,…

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