Widener Law Commonwealth only law school in PA to achieve 100% bar pass
Widener Law Commonwealth’s first-time bar test takers recently earned a 100 percent bar passage rate on the bar exam that was given in February. The law school was the only Pennsylvania law school to achieve this success rate among first-time test takers.
"We are very excited about the perfect bar pass rate for first-time takers, as well as the overall bar pass rate,” said Anna Hemingway, associate professor of law and director of the legal methods program. “This achievement reflects our school's commitment to help our law students do their very best."
The Pennsylvania Bar Exam is given twice a year in February and July. The state average bar pass for first-time test takers in February was 74.14%.
The law school also had an overall bar passage rate of 67.74%. The state bar passage rate for February was 56. 39%.