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Texas Tech University School of Law led all Texas law schools on the July Bar Examination.
Written by Leslie Cranford
Historically, Texas Tech law students have done well on the bar exam.
With a first-time pass rate of 94.52 percent, the Texas Tech University School of Law led all Texas law schools on the July Bar Examination.
The overall pass rate for graduates of the nine Texas law schools taking the bar for the first time was 89.41 percent.
“It is obviously a great thing to be ranked No. 1 in Texas on the law licensing examination,” said Walt Huffman, dean of the law school. “These excellent results validate in a very important way the quality of the legal education at Texas Tech.”
Huffman said Texas Tech students and faculty work extremely hard to maintain the school’s traditionally high bar passage rate.
Historically, Texas Tech law students have done well on the bar exam. In February 2000, Texas Tech law students achieved a 100 percent passing rate for first-time exam takers. In February 2005, Texas Tech topped all Texas law schools, with a 90.63 pass rate, and in July 2005, was again the top public law school, with a 91.01 passing rate. In February 2008, Texas Tech again had the best pass rate among public law schools with 92.86 percent.
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November 11th, 2009 at 11:58 am
i really wanna do law when i get to college i am only in the 9th grade but i have a pretty good idea of what i am gonna do when i get to texas tech going to texas tech and studing law is one of my dreams
November 12th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Wow this opened my eyes. I’ve been looking for colleges outside of Texas because I didn’t think any in Texas were any good in that area. My friend today me just yesterday that they are on of the best so I did some research.Texas Tech is defiantly on my top 3.
Class of 11
November 18th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Re: Cassie
You will find it extremely difficult to achieve your desire to be a Texas Tech Law student if you continue to use words like “gonna”, “wanna”, and “studing”. The court room will find you more appealing if you are coherent and make an effort toward using correct grammar.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Cassie,
When you go to law school, you’ll encounter a lot of dorks like Chris. Don’t let it bother you.
Class of 08