Multistate Bar Exam scores for July 2024 rebound to highest level since 2013
The Multistate Bar Exam scores for July 2024 have been released, and they show promising signs. The mean scaled score is a 141.8, the highest since 2013’s 144.3 (before the grim numbers that started in 2014). That score is slightly higher than some other recent years (2014’s 141.5 and 2017’s 141.7), but a good bit higher than the 139- and 140-range scores in some other recent years.
We are now through the COVID-19 pandemic cohort, so the vast majority of Class of 2024 students taking the July 2024 exam had in-person instruction and a somewhat “normal” legal education experience. But it’s hard to draw many conclusions from small cohorts like this.
The figures suggest overall bar passage rates will increase in most jurisdictions. That may also portend slightly stronger employment outcomes for some students. Time will tell.