Boyd Students Excel on Nevada Bar Exam

Eighty five percent passage rate for first time test takers marks highest in school history

Seventy four of the 87 UNLV law school graduates who took the Nevada Bar Exam for the first time this summer passed, according to results released Tuesday by the Nevada Board of Bar Examiners.

It is the highest passage rate in the 10 year history of UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law.

“I am extremely proud of our law graduates and their impressive success in passing the Nevada Bar exam on their first attempt,” said John V. White, dean of UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. “Achieving an 85 percent passage rate is an important mark of excellence and a reflection not only of the hard work and commitment of our students but of the dedication of our faculty and staff as well.”

In total, 320 of the 488 applicants who took the test statewide passed, for an overall state passage rate of 66 percent.

The Nevada bar is a three day exam consisting of several Nevada essay questions, one Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem, and a Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). The successful applicant must achieve a total scaled score of 75 on the exam as a whole, as well as passing at least 3 essays with a scaled score of 75.