Law schools find out how well they’re doing

Results of the most recent Florida Bar exam, released today by the Supreme Court of Florida, puts the University of Miami at the top of the list with a 92.4 percent pass rate.

While FAMU law school remains at the bottom with a 67.9 percent pass rate, the school fared considerably better than in February 2007, when only 52.4 percent of the students were successful.

Here are the pass rates for Florida’s other law

schools:

Florida worldly, 90.6

University of Florida, 89.4

Stetson, 85 percent

Nova Southeastern, 85.8

Florida State, 85.4

Florida Coastal, 82.3 percent

St. Thomas, 80 percent

Barry, 75.6 percent

The Court approved 1,477 candidates for admission to the Florida Bar. Formal induction ceremonies to swear in the new lawyers will be held Oct. 6.

- Donna Winchester, higher education reporter

Original post by Times Editor

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Netvouz
  • DZone
  • ThisNext
  • MisterWong
  • Wists
  • BlinkList
  • Fark
  • Furl
  • Netscape
  • NewsVine
  • RawSugar
  • Reddit
  • Simpy
  • Spurl
  • StumbleUpon
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Technorati
Related Articles
  • About that notion to pay kids for good scores …
  • Tax reform commission steers clear of course-size changes
  • Resumes, as promised
  • FEA president calls for short-term sales tax
  • The UF admissions countdown
  • No comments yet. Be the first.

    Leave a reply