Fewer than two-thirds of test takers passed the New York bar exam in July, a drop from the previous year when examinees faced fewer questions and had longer to prepare.
The 63% pass rate, down from 84% in October 2020, was for a longer and more arduous test compared with the one last year that was initially delayed and then offered near the height of the pandemic.
The New York State Board of Law Examiners in a statement warned against comparing the July results with those from last October—the first-ever online, remote proctored exam in New York.
The earlier test ...
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