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Taking the Bar in Florida

How many candidates take and pass the Florida Bar? 2010 is looked at.

Art Levy | 6/23/2011

Of the 873 candidates who took the Florida Bar exam in February, 694 (79.5%) passed. That's up slightly from the 79.2% who passed in July 2010. Topping the February list was the University of Florida, where 31 of 34 students passed. The full results from the Florida Board of Bar Examiners:

Law School Taking Passing %
University of Florida 34 31 91.2%
Florida International 34 30 88.2
Stetson University 77 67 87.0
University of Miami 38 33 86.8
Nova Southeastern 41 35 85.4
Florida State 31 26 83.9
Florida Coastal University 60 49 81.7
Barry University 32 23 71.9
St. Thomas University 44 29 65.9
Florida A&M 26 14 53.8
Ave Maria* 4 0 0
Non-Florida law schools 452 357 79.0
*In July 2010, 25 candidates from Ave Maria Law School took the test and 16 passed (64%).

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