95% Pass Rate For OU Law Students

The University of Oklahoma College of Law recently announced 95 percent of its graduates who took the July 2005 Oklahoma Bar Exam passed the test. Of the first-time takers from OU, 97 percent passed. A total of 364 people who earned law degrees from 45 different schools took the two-day exam, and the overall passage rate was 84 percent."While we all know that a sound legal education is a lot more than just the ability to pass bar exams, these exams are the only objective tests of the effectiveness of our educational efforts," said Dean Andrew M. Coats."A 97 percent passage rate for first-time takers is truly remarkable. When coupled with the results from the February 2005 Oklahoma Bar Exam, which were 100 percent for first-time takers, it is another extraordinary achievement and is most gratifying."Oklahoma Bar Association statistics indicated the following passing rates: 79 percent for graduates of law schools outside Oklahoma, 82 percent for University of Tulsa graduates and 75 percent of those from Oklahoma City University.The Oklahoma Bar Exam is given twice each year and is required for admission into the Oklahoma Bar Association. An applicant cannot practice law until all requirements are successfully met, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued an order for admission, the applicant has taken the Oath of Attorney and signed the Roll of Attorneys.The admission ceremony will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City.The OU College of Law's class of 1995 will have a 10-year reunion Oct. 22 on the second floor of the Boren Atrium. Tours of the college will begin 10:30 a.m., followed by a barbecue lunch at noon. The cost is $15 per adult, $5 per child.Source: http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_269003730