Author: Dwight Zenzano

DC released their results a couple weeks ago the the pass list is publicly available here. 162 people passed out of 384 total takers for a pass rate of 42%. A bit lower than expected, at less than half. A big congratulations to those that passed! The last minute change of venue was certainly not ideal but not unexpected.

In other news, Nevada will not be using the MBE starting with this July 2022 bar exams. Due to covid, some past exams did not include the MBE but now it’s official moving forward, the MBE is dead in Nevada. For those interested, the full text of the court’s order is here. Will be interesting to see when other states follow suit and how the NCBE responds. At this point, it’s 50/50 in my eyes whether the NCBE will end up ditching the MBE for something else or keeping it and adding more subjects.

Congratulations again to all the newly minted attorneys! Very proud of your hard work and persistence. For those who did not pass, take advantage of the essay review and modify your plan for the July exam. Take care!

The Feb 2022 VA Bar exam results for Virginia have been posted on the VBBE website here. The results were slightly lower than the typical February exams, with a 66% pass rate and 76% of first time takers passing. William and Mary had an excellent showing with all test takers from there passing the exam, 100% of first time and 100% of all takers from W&M passed, congrats! And congrats to everyone else who passed the exam. For those who did not pass the exam, look to your score breakdown to see where you fell short and think about what could have been done differently. The key to improving is changing parts of your approach.

The admission ceremony is June 8th at 12:30pm, congrats again!

The bar exam results for the July 2021 Virginia bar exam have been posted at the VBBE website. The full pass lists (both list 1 and list 2) are up and viewable now. The results are in line with a typical summer administration of the bar exam, with an overall pass rate of around 75%. Congratulations to everyone who passed! You can find the results here.

Looking at the details, we had over 79% of first time test takers pass and just under 75% of all test takers pass. Congratulations to William and Mary and George Mason for both having a pass rate over 90% (William and Mary wins first prize with a pass rate of 91.53%, congrats!) The admission ceremony will be virtual again and will be on December 8th.

Again, congratulations to everyone who passed the exam! If your name is not on the pass list, reassess your study method and try something different for February. Not just a different set of materials, but a different approach.

The Feb 2021 VA bar exam results are now live and up on the VBBE website here.

Results look pretty typical for February, with 69% of first time takers passing and an overall pass rate of a little less than 60%. There are typically more repeat test takers in February and since repeat takers have a lower pass rate (except my students!) the Feb pass rate is correspondingly lower.

Congratulations to everyone that passed! If you didn’t pass, reassess where you fell short and don’t give up. Take a new approach to your studying and try something different for this July.

The exam results for the October 2020 DC Bar Exam have been posted here for tester takes to access their results via EXAM ID. The full past list with names of test takers will be posted this Friday afternoon. Go check the results and good luck!

EDIT: Some are having issues with the website being down due to heavy traffic, you can access the direct PDF here

We’re still waiting on the Washington DC Bar exam results from the October remote exam to be posted (hopefully this week or next) but in the meanwhile I wanted to go over the Virginia September (essay only) bar exam results that were recently posted.

First off, they must be putting something in the water down in Charlottesville, congratulations to UVA for achieving a 100% pass rate for ALL test takers for the second exam in a row! This is quite remarkable, especially on this exam which had an overall pass rate of 75.51% with first time test takers passing at a slightly higher rate of 78.52%.

The admission ceremony will be held on January 6, 2021 and will be a virtual ceremony. I don’t know if they allow guests to dial into the ceremony, but if they do I recommend having friends and family join as it is a special occasion, and easier for those not living near Richmond to attend.

Congratulations to everyone who passed the exam! Hoping for the DC results soon as Maryland posted their results a few days ago.