The FAMU College of Law achieved a 72.2 percent first-try
passage rate on the February 2014 Florida Bar Examination. That was 7.5 points
higher than the University of Florida, which had a 64.7 percent first-try
passage rate.
FAMU also topped UF on the 2013 February Bar Examination.
For that exam, FAMU’s first-try passage rate was 82.6 percent and UF’s was 72.7
percent.
Back in 2009, FAMU Law Dean
LeRoy Pernell introduced a
restructured Academic Success & Bar Preparation Program, currently directed
by Professor
Alicia Jackson. The Bar Exam Success Training (BEST) Program is a
centerpiece of this initiative. According to FAMU Law’s website, BEST provides
“individualized structure and support for FAMU graduates who are taking the bar
exam. The program begins immediately after students graduate and continues to
the bar examination.”
The results of the February 2014 bar exam show that the BEST
Program is continuing to get results.
