黑料不打烊

Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • 鈥機use Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Media, Law & Policy
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • 黑料不打烊 Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • 黑料不打烊 Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • 鈥機use Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Media, Law & Policy

College of Law New York Bar Exam Pass Rate is Highest in Decades

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, By Robert Conrad
Share
College of LawStudents

黑料不打烊 graduates who took the New York State Bar Exam for the first time in July 2017 achieved a 91.6聽percent pass rate. That mark represents a two-decade high, and an increase of more than two percentage points over the college鈥檚 2016 pass rate.聽 It is also well above the statewide median pass rate of 85聽percent for New York law schools.

鈥淲e are pleased that our graduates continue to excel on the New York State Bar Exam,鈥 says Dean Craig M. Boise. 鈥淔or the second year in a row, our graduates have delivered the best results in decades, and we are proud of their accomplishment. Their hundreds of hours of study and preparation are complemented by our dedicated faculty, supportive staff and well-designed program of education. In particular, our new structured curriculum has proven to be a key to success on the bar exam, passage of which is essential to the practice of law.

鈥淭o sustain this kind of excellent performance,鈥 continues Boise, 鈥渙ur faculty will continue to review our curriculum and our bar support programs to ensure we are employing instructional methods鈥攆rom matriculation through graduation鈥攖hat best prepare and support our students to launch successful professional careers.鈥

  • Author

Robert Conrad

  • Recent
  • 2 Whitman Students Earn Prestigious AWESOME Scholarship
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By News Staff
  • Whitman’s Johan Wiklund Named a Top Scholar Globally for Business Research Publications
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff
  • Katsitsatekanoniahkwa Destiny Lazore 鈥26 Receives Prestigious Udall Scholarship
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By Jen Plummer
  • WiSE Hosts the 2025 Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecture and Undergraduate Research Prize Award Ceremony
    Friday, June 13, 2025, By News Staff
  • Inaugural Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows Announced
    Friday, June 13, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

More In Media, Law & Policy

Ian ’90 and Noah Eagle ’19 Share a Love of Sportscasting and Storytelling (Podcast)

There鈥檚 a new father-son sportscasting team on the national scene, one with a decidedly Orange background: Ian 鈥90 and Noah Eagle 鈥19. Ian finished his second year as the lead announcer for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and has crafted…

Newhouse Professor Robert Thompson Featured on ‘NBC Nightly News’ for Pop Culture Lecture Series

Newhouse School and University Professor Bob Thompson was recently featured on “NBC Nightly News” for his long-running lecture series that uses classic television to bridge generational divides and spark important conversation. The segment, produced by NBC鈥檚 Brian Cheung 鈥15鈥攁 University…

Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Big at Sports and Entertainment Clios

For the first time ever, Newhouse creative advertising students entered the Sports Clios and Entertainment Clios competitions and won big. Clios are regarded as some of the hardest awards for creative advertising students to win. At the New York City…

Memorial Fund Honors Remarkable Journalism Career, Supports Students Involved With IDJC

Maxwell School alumna Denise Kalette 鈥68 got her first byline at age 12, under a poem titled 鈥淭he Poor Taxpayer鈥 that she submitted to her local newspaper. In a few paragraphs of playful prose, she drew attention to an issue…

New Maymester Program Allows Student-Athletes to Develop 鈥楧emocracy Playbook鈥

Fourteen student-athletes will experience Washington, D.C., next week as part of a new Maymester program hosted by the 黑料不打烊 Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC). The one-week program, Democracy Playbook: DC Media and Civics Immersion for Student-Athletes, will…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

For the Media

Find an Expert
© 2025 黑料不打烊. All Rights Reserved.