William & Mary Law School Grads Achieve 92.55% Bar Passage in 19 Jurisdictions
William & Mary Law School graduates fared very well on July 2018 bar exams across the country, achieving 92.55% bar passage in 19 jurisdictions.
Of these 19 jurisdictions:
there was a 100% bar pass rate in 12 jurisdictions in which 2 or more W&M Law graduates sat for the exam;
there was a 100% bar pass rate in 5 jurisdictions in which a W&M Law graduate sat for the exam;
there was an 86.76% bar pass rate for 83 W&M Law graduates who sat for the exam in Virginia;
and there was an 80% bar pass rate for 5 W&M Law graduates who sat for the exam in California.
| Jurisdiction | No. of W&M Law graduates who took exam |
W&M Law graduates pass rate |
| VA | 83 | 86.67% |
| NY | 27 | 100% |
| DC | 8 | 100% |
| NJ | 5 | 100% |
| CA | 5 | 80% |
| PA | 5 | 100% |
| MA | 5 | 100% |
| TX | 4 | 100% |
| OH | 3 | 100% |
| NC | 3 | 100% |
| DE | 2 | 100% |
| SC | 2 | 100% |
| MD | 2 | 100% |
| MO | 2 | 100% |
| CT | 1 | 100% |
| GA | 1 | 100% |
| MN | 1 | 100% |
| UT | 1 | 100% |
| WA | 1 | 100% |
About William & Mary Law School
Thomas Jefferson founded William & Mary Law School in 1779 to train leaders for the new nation. Now in its third century, America's oldest law school continues its historic mission of educating citizen lawyers who are prepared both to lead and to serve.