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These numbers replicate a continuation of the pattern that started final February: we’re shifting again towards pre-Covid numbers when it comes to each the imply and the examinee rely. We’ll possible see a rise in go charges in comparison with final February, however we’re additionally nonetheless seeing the results of the pandemic on examinees who had been in legislation college in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
— NCBE Director of Evaluation and Analysis Rosemary Reshetar, in feedback famous by Law.com as to the outcomes of February 2024 Multistate Bar Examination. The examination’s nationwide imply scaled rating was 131.8, a rise over the February 2023 imply of 131.1. Nevertheless, the 2024 nationwide imply rating was decrease than the February 2022 imply of 132.6, and decrease nonetheless than the 2021 nationwide imply rating of 134. Total, there was a 2.2 level rating decline over the previous three years. A complete of 19,496 examinees took the February 2024 MBE, the biggest quantity for a February examination since 2020.
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