Florida State University College of Law<\/a> graduates earned the highest first-time bar passage rate among Florida law schools on the July 2026 Florida Bar Exam, with 91.8% of first-time test takers passing, according to results released Friday by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners.<\/p>\nOf FSU Law\u2019s 110 first-time test-takers, 101 passed the exam. This placement ranks FSU Law No. 1 among all accredited Florida law schools and positions the law school 11.4 percentage points above the Florida law school average of 80.4%.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are tremendously proud of our graduates for achieving the highest first-time bar passage rate in Florida,\u201d said Erin O\u2019Hara O\u2019Connor, dean of the FSU College of Law. \u201cThis extraordinary result reflects the talent, discipline and determination of our students, as well as the commitment of our faculty and staff to their success. Our graduates worked incredibly hard to reach this milestone, and we are excited to see all that they will accomplish as they begin their legal careers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are tremendously proud of our graduates for achieving the highest first-time bar passage rate in Florida. This extraordinary result reflects the talent, discipline and determination of our students, as well as the commitment of our faculty and staff to their success. Our graduates worked incredibly hard to reach this milestone, and we are excited to see all that they will accomplish as they begin their legal careers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2013 Erin O\u2019Hara O\u2019Connor, dean of the FSU College of Law<\/p>\n
FSU Law supports graduates throughout the bar preparation process through its Bar Success Program, led by Jami Ferrell, director of Bar Success; Nancy Benavides, associate dean for academic programs and student advancement; Laura Dennis, assistant dean for academic success; and Cecelia Smith, writing specialist and professor of advanced legal writing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis achievement is a testament to the extraordinary dedication of our grads and the exceptional faculty who prepared them throughout their legal education,\u201d said Ferrell. \u201cBar success doesn\u2019t begin when graduates open their bar review materials. It starts in our classrooms, where our faculty challenge students to think critically, develop the skills necessary to practice law and build the foundation for success on the bar exam. I\u2019m incredibly proud of our graduates and grateful to every faculty and staff member who made this accomplishment possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through the College of Law\u2019s Spear the Bar initiative, graduates receive structured support during the summer leading up to the exam, including supplemental lectures, individualized tutoring, progress tracking and dedicated study resources. The program also helps address practical challenges graduates may face during the intensive weeks of bar preparation.<\/p>\n
The 91.8% figure represents FSU Law graduates who sat for the Florida Bar Exam for the first time in July 2026. FSU Law also celebrates graduates who sat for bar examinations in other jurisdictions this summer.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit law.fsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State University College of Law graduates earned the highest first-time bar passage rate among Florida law schools…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59139,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-403868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-college-of-law","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Florida State University College of Law graduates earned the highest first-time bar passage rate among Florida law schools on the July 2026 Florida Bar Exam. \t\t Key PointsFlorida State University College of Law graduates led all Florida law schools with a 91.8% first-time bar passage rate on the July 2026 Florida Bar Exam.The placement ranks FSU Law No. 1 among all accredited Florida law schools and positions the law school 11.4 percentage points above the Florida law school average of 80.4%. <\/p>\n