July 2008 Pennsylvania Bar Examination

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1 July 008 Pennsylvania Bar Examination Examination Statistics Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners 00A Ritter Road Suite 00 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 () Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners

2 Overall Data Successful Applicants * Combined MBE and Scaled Essay/PT scores of or greater Unsuccessful Applicants * Combined MBE and Scaled Essay/PT scores of or less Total Number of Applicants Tested Total,8 9,9 Percent 8.8%.% MBE Scaled Score Data Mean MBE Scaled Score for Applicants Testing in Pennsylvania Mean MBE Scaled Score for the Total Population (National) Range of MBE Scaled Scores for Applicants Testing in Pennsylvania Range of MBE Scaled Scores for the Total Population (National) Minimum Successful MBE Scaled Score in Pennsylvania Maximum Successful MBE Scaled Score in Pennsylvania Minimum Unsuccessful MBE Scaled Score in Pennsylvania Maximum Unsuccessful MBE Scaled Score in Pennsylvania Essay/PT Scaled Score Data Mean Essay/PT Scaled Score 8. Minimum Successful Essay/PT Scaled Score.9 Maximum Successful Essay/PT Scaled Score 8.0 Minimum Unsuccessful Essay/PT Scaled Score 9.9 Maximum Unsuccessful Essay/PT Scaled Score 0.

3 Passing Rates for Specific Attempts Successful Unsuccessful Total Pass Rate st Attempt nd Attempt rd Attempt,8 8, % 0.00%.% + Attempts Total 8,8 9 89,9 0.% 8.8% Passing Rates for Pennsylvania Area Law Schools School Successful Unsuccessful Total Pass Rate Duquesne University School of Law 8 88.% Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law % Rutgers University School of Law - Camden.% Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law 08 8.% University of Pennsylvania Law School 9.% University of Pittsburgh School of Law % Villanova University School of Law % Widener University School of Law - Delaware 8.8% Widener University School of Law - Harrisburg % Wednesday, October 08, 008 Page

4 Passing Rates for Specific Attempts for Pennsylvania Area Law Schools Attempts Successful Unsuccessful Total Pass Rate Duquesne University School of Law st 9.0% nd.% rd 0.00% th or more.9% Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson st % School of Law nd.% rd 0.00% th or more 0.00% Rutgers University School of Law - Camden st 9.8% nd.% rd.% th or more 0.00% Temple University - James E. Beasley st 9 90.% School of Law nd 9.% rd.% th or more 9.% University of Pennsylvania Law School st 9.% nd rd % th or more University of Pittsburgh School of Law st 9 9.9% nd.% rd % th or more 0.00% Villanova University School of Law st % nd 0.00% rd 8.% th or more.% Widener University School of Law - Delaware st 0 8.% nd 8.% rd.% th or more % Widener University School of Law - st % Harrisburg nd.00% rd % th or more.% Wednesday, October 08, 008 Page

5 Law Schools Represented Law School Name Albany Law School of Union University American University - Washington College of Law Arizona State University College of Law Ave Maria School of Law Barry University Dwayne O Andreas School of Law Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law - Yeshiva University Boston College Law School Boston University School of Law Brigham Young University - J Reuben Clark Law School Brooklyn Law School Campbell University - Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Capital University Law School Case Western Reserve University - Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law Catholic University of America - Columbus School of Law City University of New York School of Law at Queens College Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Columbia University School of Law Cornell Law School Depaul University College of Law Drake University Law School Duke University School of Law Duquesne University School of Law Emory University School of Law Florida A & M University College of Law Florida Coastal School of Law Florida State University College of Law Fordham University School of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center George Mason University School of Law George Washington University Law School Georgetown University Law Center Golden Gate University College of Law Hamline University School of Law Harvard University Law School Hofstra University School of Law Number of Applicants 8 0 Wednesday, October 08, 008 Page

6 Law Schools Represented Law School Name Howard University School of Law Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington Inter American University School of Law John Marshall Law School (Illinois) Lewis & Clark Law School Liberty University School of Law Louisiana State University, Paul M. Herbert Law Center Loyola Law School - Los Angeles Loyola University - Chicago School of Law Loyola University - New Orleans School of Law Michigan State University College of Law New England School of Law New York Law School New York University School of Law Northeastern University School of Law Northwestern University School of Law Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center Ohio Northern University - Claude W. Pettit College of Law Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Oklahoma City University School of Law Pace University School of Law Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law Quinnipiac University School of Law Regent University School of Law Roger Williams University - Ralph R. Papitto School of Law Rutgers University School of Law - Camden Rutgers University School of Law - Newark Saint Louis University School of Law Samford University - Cumberland School of Law Seattle University School of Law Seton Hall University School of Law South Texas College of Law Southern Illinois University School of Law Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law Number of Applicants Wednesday, October 08, 008 Page

7 Law Schools Represented Law School Name St. Thomas University School of Law Stanford University Law School State University of New York - Buffalo Law School Stetson University College of Law Suffolk University Law School Syracuse University Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law Thomas M. Cooley Law School Touro Law, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Tulane University Law School University of Akron University of Alabama School of Law University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law University of Baltimore School of Law University of California - Berkeley School of Law University of California - Davis School of Law University of California - Hastings College of Law University of California - Los Angeles School of Law University of Chicago Law School University of Connecticut School of Law University of Dayton School of Law University of Denver Sturm College of Law University of Detroit Mercy School of Law University of District of Columbia - The David A. Clarke School of Law University of Florida - Frederic G. Levin College of Law University of Georgia School of Law University of Idaho College of Law University of Iowa College of Law University of Kentucky College of Law University of Louisville University of Maryland School of Law University of Miami School of Law University of Michigan Law School University of New Mexico School of Law Number of Applicants 8 0 Wednesday, October 08, 008 Page

8 Law Schools Represented Law School Name University of Notre Dame Law School University of Pennsylvania Law School University of Pittsburgh School of Law University of Richmond University of San Francisco School of Law University of South Africa University of South Carolina School of Law University of Southern California Law School University of Tennessee College of Law University of Texas School of Law University of Toledo College of Law University of Tulsa College of Law University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law University of Virginia School of Law University of Washington School of Law University of Wyoming College of Law Valparaiso University School of Law Vanderbilt University Law School Vermont Law School Villanova University School of Law Wake Forest University School of Law Washington and Lee University School of Law Washington University Law School Wayne State University School of Law West Virginia University College of Law Western State University College of Law Widener University School of Law - Delaware Widener University School of Law - Harrisburg William & Mary Law School - Marshall Wythe School of Law Williamette University College of Law Yale Law School Law Schools Represented. Number of Applicants Wednesday, October 08, 008 Page