New ABA data parses out bar exam pass rates by race and ethnicity
Image from Shutterstock. 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.