RALEIGH — Campbell Law School graduates earned a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the most recent North Carolina Bar Examination.
Campbell Law was the only school to earn a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the February 2026 exam, the results of which were released April 1 by the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners.
But these results were no April Fools. Campbell Law graduates’ results far exceeded the statewide first-time passage rate of 74.78 percent. And of the 10 Campbell Law repeat takers, seven or 70 percent passed. The statewide repeater rate was 25.36 percent.
The Class of 2025’s success reflects Campbell Law’s sustained focus on student support and bar preparation with the aim of helping graduates ultimately succeed in their legal careers, said Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Academic Success Sha Hinds-Glick.
Campbell Law saw its most recent highest overall pass rate — 94.55 percent — for first-time exam takers on the July 2025 North Carolina Bar Exam when it was 94.53 percent. This year, a total of the 166 exam takers from Campbell Law passed, including all but one of the 11 repeat takers, resulting in an overall pass rate of 94.32 percent.
“Our 94.32 percent overall pass rate is the highest during my 13-year tenure as dean,” Leonard said. “We had the largest group of bar exam takers of any North Carolina school this year. I am so proud of our graduates who stayed focused to prepare for the bar exam.”
Campbell Law ranks among the nation’s top law schools for bar exam overperformance, according to the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Campbell Law’s ABA Ultimate Bar Passage Rate, which indicates bar exam passage within two years of graduation, is 96.2 percent as of March 2026.
“We tell prospective students from the moment that they begin the admissions process, as well as our current students throughout their three years here, that we will stick with them until they get their license,” Leonard added. “These latest bar exam results show that we are true to our word, and that we take this commitment as seriously as possible.”
ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW SCHOOL
Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts more than 5,000 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2026, Campbell Law is celebrating 50 years of graduating legal leaders and 17 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.