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We look back at
attorneys, judges and
other members of
the legal community
who Connecticut lost
in 2020.

December 21, 2020 ¦ Vol. 46, No. 51 ¦ $10.00 See Page 7

Connecticut’s Bar Exam Pass Rate
Jumps 7.5 Percentage Points

By ROBERT STORACE

The percentage of test
takers passing Con-
necticut’s October bar
exam increased to 67.5%,
up from 60% a year ago.
The bar examination,
which was scheduled for
July but held virtually in
early October due to the
coronavirus, has seen in-
creases the past few years
in the percentage of people
passing the test here. While
the July 2019 test saw 60% Lynne L. Pantalena Law Library inside the Quinnipiac Law School Center at
passing, the July 2018 test Quinnipiac University School of Law. Photo: Gary Lewis

saw just 55% pass. In 2015-2017, between 69% The pass rate for first-time takers also increased
and 75% passed the July tests. from the previous year, inching from 74% to 75%.
The statistics for October 2020 were released The two colleges with the highest number of test
Friday afternoon. They show 270 of 400 candi- takers both scored above the state pass average.
dates passing the exam.
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