{"id":12230,"date":"2013-06-24T14:57:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T14:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=12230"},"modified":"2013-06-24T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T14:57:41","slug":"baylor-law-students-lead-texas-in-bar-exam-pass-rate-for-17th-time-in-last-24-tries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/06\/baylor-law-students-lead-texas-in-bar-exam-pass-rate-for-17th-time-in-last-24-tries\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor law students lead Texas in bar exam pass rate for 17th time in last 24 tries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/law\/ps\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"bu-law-june13\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bu-law-june13.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor Law students\" width=\"500\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since July 2001, the Texas State Bar Exam has been given 24 times. Over that time, Baylor Law students have posted the top pass rate on the exam 17 times; no other law school in Texas has led the state more than three times.<\/p>\n<p>On the most recent bar exam, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/law\/news\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=129900\" target=\"_blank\">43 of of Baylor Law&#8217;s 45 first-time examinees passed<\/a> (96%). That&#8217;s par for the course among Baylor students, who have topped the state in pass rate on every bar exam offered since July 2011.<\/p>\n<p>What gives Baylor students such an edge as they begin their law careers? According to Dean Brad Toben (himself a 1977 Baylor Law graduate), it&#8217;s the university&#8217;s focus on the profession&#8217;s needs and expectations, coupled with dedication to the school&#8217;s mission and her students.<\/p>\n<p>Considering applying to law school? Class tracks start three times a year; for more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/law\/ps\/\" target=\"_blank\">baylor.edu\/law\/ps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor Law!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since July 2001, the Texas State Bar Exam has been given 24 times. Over that time, Baylor Law students have posted the top pass rate on the exam 17 times; no other law school in Texas has led the state more than three times. On the most recent bar exam, 43 of of Baylor Law&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}