South Carolina Bar Exam Passage
In South Carolina, the bar exam is administered twice a year—in July and February. July is the primary testing date for those who graduate in May. A much smaller group, generally out-of-state applicants, repeat takers, and December graduates, take the February exam. The South Carolina Supreme Court did not release the pass rate for specific schools' alumni until the July 2007 exam when the court separately listed the pass rate for the University of South Carolina and the Charleston School of Law.
| Feb. | July | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | N/A | 91.5%* |
| 2008 | 64.7% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | 76.3% | 84.8% |
| 2010 | 66.7% | 83.8% |
| 2011 | 69.6% | 79.75% |
| 2012 | 57.8% | 76.2% |
* The July 2007 results were revised upwards after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out a section of the exam because of an error by a bar examiner.
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