RALEIGH — Ninety-eight Campbell Law graduates successfully passed the July North Carolina Bar Exam. In all, 77.87% (95 of 122) of Campbell Law’s first-time testers passed the exam, while three repeat examiners succeeded.
“Despite the fact that our bar passage rate has decreased from last year, we firmly believe that we are faring as well as we possibly can given the steady decline in the overall passage rate in North Carolina over the past several years,” said Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard. “The bar passage rate has become increasingly challenging in our state, and it’s having an impact on everyone. We continue to believe in our faculty, our curriculum, and our bar preparation methods.”
In all, 69.34% of first-time testers from North Carolina law schools passed the examination, a 5.63% decrease from the previous year and a 16.93% decrease from 2011. Campbell Law’s passage rate slid 7.74% from 2014.
Since 1989, Campbell Law has led the state in first-time passage on the July N.C. Bar exam with a 90.41% passage rate.
July N.C. Bar First-Time Testers
2015
All N.C. Law Schools: 69.34% (493 of 711)
Campbell Law: 77.87% (95 of 122)
2014
All N.C. Law Schools: 74.97% (575 of 767)
Campbell Law: 85.61% (119 of 139)
2013
All N.C. Law Schools: 71.54% (543 of 759)
Campbell Law: 81.82% (99 of 121)
2012
All N.C. Law Schools: 80% (568 of 710)
Campbell Law: 94.53% (121 of 128)
2011
All N.C. Law Schools: 86.27% (553 of 641)
Campbell Law: 91.94% (114 of 124)
98 Campbell Law graduates pass the July N.C. Bar Exam