Summer 2003
Texas Bar Exam Statistics
For Graduates of Texas Law Schools
|
Texas |
Taking |
Passing |
Pass Rate |
First-Timers |
First-Timers |
First-Timers
|
Repeaters |
Repeaters |
Repeater Pass Rate |
|
Baylor |
115 |
109 |
94.78% |
107 |
102 |
95.33% |
8 |
7 |
87.50% |
|
St. Mary's |
227 |
145 |
63.88% |
160 |
119 |
74.37% |
67 |
26 |
38.81% |
|
South Texas |
308 |
222 |
72.08% |
249 |
194 |
77.91% |
59 |
28 |
47.46% |
|
SMU |
213 |
191 |
89.67% |
197 |
182 |
92.39% |
16 |
9 |
56.25% |
|
TSU |
176 |
82 |
46.59% |
117 |
59 |
50.43% |
59 |
23 |
38.98% |
|
Texas Tech |
192 |
167 |
86.98% |
177 |
159 |
89.83% |
15 |
8 |
53.33% |
|
Texas Wesleyan |
129 |
92 |
71.32% |
102 |
80 |
78.43% |
27 |
12 |
44.44% |
|
U. of Houston |
225 |
198 |
88.00% |
213 |
190 |
89.20% |
12 |
8 |
66.67% |
|
U. of Texas |
357 |
327 |
91.60% |
347 |
323 |
93.08% |
10 |
4 |
40.00% |
|
Overall |
1,942 |
1,533 |
78.94% |
1,669 |
1,408 |
84.36% |
273 |
125 |
45.79% |
Almost three-fourths of St. Mary's
law grads pass latest state bar exam
Associated Press
November 7, 2003
SAN ANTONIO - Law graduates of St. Mary's University have demonstrated the greatest improvement in bar exam scores among the state's nine law schools, according to the Texas Board of Law Examiners.
July bar results released Wednesday by the Austin-based board show that almost three-fourths of the St. Mary's law school graduates who took the state bar exam for the first time passed, marking the school's highest passage rate in five years.
Across the state, 1,669 people took the exam for the first time in July, with 1,408 or 84 percent passing, the board of law examiners said. Last February, only 347 law graduates took the bar exam, with 269 or 77 percent passing.
According to the July bar results, St. Mary's improved more than 18 percentage points from the previous testing period in February and by 13 percentage points from a year earlier.
"I don't think this is the best it's going to get," law school Dean Bill Piatt told the San Antonio Express-News in Thursday's editions, "but it is an indication that what we are doing is working."
He said the turnaround resulted primarily from stressing coursework that covers the most material tested on the exam, which is required for licensure as an attorney.
In February, only 56 percent of the first-time test-takers passed. In July 2002, 61 percent of St. Mary's law school grads passed.