Congratulations to the UW alumni joining the Washington State Bar

UW Law is proud to announce an 86.2% pass rate for alumni taking the Washington State bar exam for the first time in July, according to results released Friday by the .

Ƶ had 130 first-time takers,112 of whom passed.

Thisratesurpassesthestate’soverall passrate for first-time takers, whichthe WSBA reported to be75.9% with394successful test-takersout of519.

First-timeƵJ.D.test-takershad apassage rate of 88.2%with105 of 119alumni passing. Thestatepassagerate is78.7%with366of465 test-takers passing.

"On behalf of the entireƵ community, congratulations to our UW alumnionjoining the Washington State Bar,” said Mario L.Barnes,UW School of LawToniRembedean and professor of law. “We are so proud of this tremendous accomplishment.