TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An impressive 98.5 percent of the May 2004 graduates of The University of Alabama School of Law who took the Alabama bar exam in July passed. In raw numbers, 134 of the 136 new UA law graduates who took the exam were successful.
According to the Alabama State Bar, 95.6 percent — or 130 — of UA Law School graduates who took the exam for the first time in July are certified for admission to the bar. Four additional graduates will be eligible as soon as they have taken and passed a separate required ethics exam. The statewide certification rate for first-time takers was 86.4 percent.
When both first-time takers and those repeating the test are included, 94.2 percent of the UA graduates who took the exam in July were certified, compared with an overall state rate of 70.2 percent.
“This superior bar passage rate is a testament to the quality of our students and teachers,” said UA School of Law Dean Ken Randall. “This achievement is indicative of our commitment to academic excellence at the Law School. I congratulate the UA Law Class of 2004 for their hard work and success.”
The UA School of Law was ranked 40th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, spring 2004, making the list of top 50 law schools for the sixth consecutive year.