The Texas Bar Exam results for the July 2009 exam were posted today. This year, Texas Tech School of Law had the highest percentage of students who passed the Bar Exam on their first attempt. Over 94% of the Texas Tech law grads who sat for the exam for the first time this July passed the exam. This brings the four-year average to 89.6% for Texas Tech. Overall, the average passage rate for first-time July examinees from Texas schools was 92% for the year, and 90% over the last four years.

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This year the average passage rate for the public schools in Texas is 87.4%. (Houston, Texas Tech, Texas, and Texas Southern). The average bar passage rate for private schools was 90.1%.

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Examinees who passed the July 2009 Texas Bar Exam