Bar Exam These factors help predict whether a law grad will pass the bar on the first or second try, study says
Image from Shutterstock. A survey of law graduates who took the New York bar exam in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic has identified six factors that contribute to success. The first factor—no surprise—is that bar passage increased as the number of weekly study hours increased. “Although it seems simple enough to put in more study time, doing so can prove difficult for candidates with other obligations, such as a job or a family,” according to the executive summary of the report,