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UNC School of Law ranks No. 1 for bar exam passage

For the second year in a row, the School of Law held the top spot for overall bar passage rate among North Carolina law schools.

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Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, home of the UNC School of Law. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

For the July 2020 North Carolina bar exam, UNC School of Law had the highest-ranking overall bar passage rate among the state’s six law schools.

Ninety-six percent of the 111 School of Law graduates who took the bar exam in July passed, according to results from the state’s Board of Law Examiners. The school’s passage rate for total test takers exceeded the overall state passage rate for total test takers by 13%.

Read more about how the School of Law prepared its students for success on the bar exam.