In a year of strong bar exam results nationwide, Harvard Law School emerged with the highest first-time pass rate in 2024 — with 97.86% of its Juris Doctor graduates passing the attorney licensing exam on their first attempt, our colleague Karen Sloan reports. All but 13 of the 608 Harvard law grads who took the attorney licensing exam for the first time last year were successful.
The 2024 national first-time pass rate rose to nearly 83% from 79% in 2023, according to new data from the American Bar Association. Right on Harvard’s heels was Duke Law School, with a 97.48% first-time pass rate, followed by the University of Chicago Law School at 97.42%, and New York University School of Law at 96.72%.
Three law schools in Texas were among the 15 schools with the highest 2024 pass rates, including Texas A&M University School of Law, University of Texas Law School and Baylor University School of Law.