The October 2020 Florida bar passage rates by school are out. The overall pass rate for first-time takers is 71.7%, down 2.2 percentage points from last year. For the sixth year in a row, Florida International is #1. Here are the results for the 11 Florida law schools, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (Florida and overall):
|
Bar Pass Rank (Rate) |
School |
US News Rank FL (Overall) |
|
1 (89.3%) |
Florida Int’l |
4 (90) |
|
2 (84.4%) |
Florida State |
2 (50) |
|
3 (83.9%) |
Florida |
1 (24) |
|
4 (74.4%) |
Stetson |
5 (105) |
|
5 (72.56%) |
Miami |
3 (67) |
|
6 (67.4%) |
Nova |
Tier 2 |
|
7 (66.9%) |
St. Thomas |
Tier 2 |
|
8 (65.9%) |
Ave Maria |
Tier 2 |
|
9 (61.7%) |
Florida A&M |
Tier 2 |
|
10 (61.2%) |
Barry |
Tier 2 |
|
11 (57.6%) |
Florida Coastal |
Tier 2 |
For discussion of how Florida International graduates consistently overperform on the bar exam, see:
- Louis Schulze (Florida International), The Science of Learning Law: Academic Support Measures at Florida International University College of Law
- Rory Bahadur (Washburn), High 1L Attrition And 2L Transfer Rates Contribute To Florida International’s Over Performance On The Bar Exam
- Rory Bahadur (Washburn), Attrition And Bar Performance
- Above the Law, Florida Bar Exam Results Are Out
- Bloomberg Law, Florida Reports Lower First-Time Bar Pass Rate in Chaotic Year
- Daily Business Review, Florida’s First Online Bar Exam Yields Lower Pass Rate
- Jacksonville Daly Record, October Florida Bar Exam Results Released
- Tallahassee Democrat, Results of First-ever Online Florida Bar Exam Are In
