New ABA data parses out bar exam pass rates by race and ethnicity
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According to data released Tuesday by the American Bar Association s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 87.65% of the white candidates who took a bar exam for the first time in 2020 passed. For people of other races or ethnicities, the first-time pass rate ranged from 66.28% to 79.92%.
According to the data, in 2020 there were 19,453 first-time test-takers who were white. Among other first-time test-takers:
The pass rate for Asians was 79.92% out of a total of 1,972 candidates.
The pass rate for Native Americans was 78.02% out of a total of 182 candidates.
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