Bar Passage Rate

  • Bar Passage 

    Capital University Law School is proud of its track record in this fundamental benchmark of success. The exam is given twice per year in July and February. The majority of graduates take the exam in July. 

    In October 2011, the Supreme Court of Ohio released the results of the July 2011 Ohio Bar Exam, marking the sixth year in a row that our graduates’ performance has exceeded the statewide average. Additionally, Capital University Law School alumni performance on the bar exam has gained national media coverage.  

  • The Five-Year Bar Passage Rate 
    Capital’s five-year average the Ohio bar exam is 90 percent; the average for all nine Ohio law schools for the last five years (2008-12) is 86.9 percent. Capital has the highest passage among private law schools in Ohio among first-time test takers during the past five years.

     

     Bar Passage Rates 2012
     

  • Applicants Admitted to the Ohio Bar During the Past Five Years
    Capital University Law School is currently producing more bar-ready lawyers than any other school in Ohio. In the past five years, 4,725 people have been admitted to the Ohio bar; 801 of them were Capital graduates, more than from any other law school.

     Numbers of grads admitted to the Ohio bar