The FAMU’s College of Law’s first-try passage rate on the February Bar Exam was just 40%, meaning that only 8 of the 20 graduates who sat for the exam actually passed it.
This was a 16% drop from February 2022.
The score was the next to lowest among the 12 accredited laws schools in Florida, only Barry University had a lower score at 39.3% (Florida Coastal School of Law closed in 2021). Only four of the 12 schools -- FIU, UF, St. Thomas , FCSL saw an increase in its Bar pass rates for the latest exam, and all but 3 had scores in the 40s.
The 54.7% first-time average pass rate on the February 2023 was the lowest avg. rate pass rate on the Florida Bar 15 years, according to the groups own records.