Interesting article in today’s Houston Chronicle, An Aspiring Attorney Who Has Failed the Licensure Test Four Times Challenges the State’s Limit, Which Gives Him Just One More Try to Pass; Should Texas Lower Bar Exam Standard?:

The State Bar of Texas limits to five the number of times a would-be lawyer can take the bar exam….Texas is not the only state to limit the number of attempts to pass the bar exam. According to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, some states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, set the limit at two attempts.

Several larger states — including California, New York, Florida and Illinois — have no limit.

Others have additional requirements for applicants who repeatedly fail. Georgia, for example, has no limit on the number of times one can take the exam, but the state requires an applicant to sit out one exam and take remedial coursework after failing the test three times. Rhode Island’s limit is five, regardless of whether the exam was taken in that state or any other.

According to the NCBE data, 32 states and the District of Columbia impose no limits on the number of times an applicant can take the bar; 18 states impose limits ranging from two to six:

• 2  IA, NH
• 3: AZ, GA, ID, MD, MT, SC, SD, TN, WI
• 4: KS, WY, WV
• 5: RI, TX, VA
• 6: UT

(Hat Tip:  lawschool.com.)