July 2008 Texas Bar Results Announced

List of Students who Passed

Bar Passage Rates for First Time Examinees:

1. Southern Methodist University 93.97%
2. University of Houston 93.33%
3. Baylor 91.58%
4. University of Texas 90.24%
5. South Texas 89.57%
6. St. Mary’s 87.23%
7. Texas Tech 85.64%
8. Texas Wesleyan University 77.10%
9. Texas Southern University 59.71%

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The greatest improvement over the July 2007 passage rates was seen at Southern Methodist University with a 1.53% increase in the school’s bar passage rate, which placed SMU at the top of the July 2008 charts. Texas Wesleyan saw the most precipitous drop with a 14% decline in its passage rate since last year. While seven of the nine Texas law schools had passage rates of over 85%, this year’s top passage rate of 93.97% (at SMU) fell short of the July 2007 top passage rate of 97.85%. (Baylor).

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