The Florida Board of Bar Examiners released the results from the most recent bar exam given in February, 2010, on April 12th. The following statistics were published in the May 1, 2010 issue of The Florida Bar News.

A total of 812 people took the exam, 416 from out-of-state and the remainder in-state graduates. The FBBE also said 902 took the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in March, 180 from out-of-state and the remainder from the 11 Florida law schools.

As for the other 10 Florida law schools, law graduates from Florida State University passed the exam at an 84.8 percent clip. The only other schools to have more than 80 percent of its students pass the bar were Nova Southeastern and the University of Florida.

Of the schools with multiple graduates sitting for the exam, FSU led the way with 28 of its 33 graduates passing or 84.8 percent. NSU was next with 23 of 28 test-takers passing or 82.1 percent. UF was next with 30 of its 37 graduates passing or 81.1 percent. The University of Miami was next, with 31 of its 43 graduates passing, or 72.1 percent. Next was Florida International University, where 25 of 35 graduates passed, or 71.4 percent.

Of the other law schools: 50 of Stetson University’s 74 students passed the exam, or 67.6 percent; 18 of 28 graduates from Barry University passed, or 64.3 percent; 21 of 33 students from St. Thomas University passed, or 63.6 percent; 39 of 64 graduates from Florida Coastal University, or 60.9 percent; 11 of 20 from Florida A&M University passed, or 55 percent.

Three hundred and nine of the 416 applicants from out-of-state law schools passed, or 74.3 percent. Overall, 72.2 percent of those who took Parts A and B passed. That figure was 84.5 percent for the MPRE portion of the exam. Passage rates by school were 92.6 for UF; 90 percent for Stetson; 89.5 percent for NSU; 88.2 percent for FSU; 87.2 for UM; 86.1 for FIU; 77.2 for Florida Coastal; 76.9 percent for St. Thomas; 70.5 percent for FAMU; 70 percent for Barry U.; and 66.7 percent for Ava Maria. The rate was 85.3 percent for out-of-state test-takers.

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