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Some UP Law School Stats

May 30, 2008

Our College Secretary was kind enough to share some information supplied by the Supreme Court on the Bar performance of, among others, the UP College of Law from 1998 to 2007.  I  spent some time with the numbers and they’re quite depressing. I want to clarify that I did not compare our numbers with other law schools (from my glance at the table, that would only make things worse for us).

Over the past ten years an average of only 79.5% of UP graduates who took the bar passed.  What does this mean?  Well, for starters, if you’re new graduate studying for the 2008 bar, I guess you’ll have to worry if you’re part of that 20% who will not take their oath in 2009.  Assuming there is a strong correspondence between your rank in law school and Bar performance (I would venture that the relationship is strong), I think it’s reasonable to say that if you are in the bottom 20% of your class, the odds are against you. And it gets worse for retakers. While first timers pass at an average of 84.7%; only 52.6% of retakers pass.  So, your odds go down dramaticaly if you flunk at least once.  Remember that these numbers are averages — so it’s worse for some and better for others.  

For those aspiring to become the Class of 2012, take a look at everyone at the Freshman Orientation and imagine that even if everyone gets through to graduation, one out of five will probably not pass the bar.  Overall, projecting to the future, that means about 20% of UP Law graduates will never become lawyers.

More tomorrow on QPI, grades, cum laudes and Bar Performance.

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