{"meta":{"dataset":"bar-pipeline","title":"The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23721443","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721443","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23721442","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721443, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721443","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. This is a plain-English summary of public sources, kept for marketing and recruiting planning. The figures are derived from the National Conference of Bar Examiners' published statistics, not copied from them; for the original tables, go to NCBE.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/bar-pipeline/bar-pipeline.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/bar-pipeline/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"jurisdiction","records":[{"id":"ak-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"AK","jurisdictionName":"Alaska","status":"P","text":"Alaska: 154 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 63.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 6.2% from 2021 to 2025.","value":154,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":63.6,"admitted":154,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-6.2,"transfer_share_pct":29.2,"motion_share_pct":31.8,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"al-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"AL","jurisdictionName":"Alabama","status":"P","text":"Alabama: 557 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 44.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 0.4% from 2021 to 2025.","value":557,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":44.2,"admitted":557,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":0.4,"transfer_share_pct":21.5,"motion_share_pct":17.1,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ar-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"AR","jurisdictionName":"Arkansas","status":"P","text":"Arkansas: 332 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 65.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 11.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":332,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":65.2,"admitted":332,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":11.7,"transfer_share_pct":15.4,"motion_share_pct":19.6,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"az-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"AZ","jurisdictionName":"Arizona","status":"P","text":"Arizona: 965 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 64.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 5.1% from 2021 to 2025.","value":965,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":64.6,"admitted":965,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":5.1,"transfer_share_pct":17.1,"motion_share_pct":33.7,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ca-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"CA","jurisdictionName":"California","status":"P","text":"California: 7,101 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 57.8%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 32.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":7101,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":57.8,"admitted":7101,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-32.9,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"co-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"CO","jurisdictionName":"Colorado","status":"P","text":"Colorado: 1,311 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 69.9%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 3.4% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1311,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":69.9,"admitted":1311,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":3.4,"transfer_share_pct":19.2,"motion_share_pct":32.6,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ct-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"CT","jurisdictionName":"Connecticut","status":"P","text":"Connecticut: 725 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 51.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 9.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":725,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":51.2,"admitted":725,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":9.9,"transfer_share_pct":33.2,"motion_share_pct":24.8,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"dc-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"DC","jurisdictionName":"District of Columbia","status":"P","text":"District of Columbia: 3,421 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 71.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 13.2% from 2021 to 2025.","value":3421,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":71.2,"admitted":3421,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-13.2,"transfer_share_pct":15.9,"motion_share_pct":26.2,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"de-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"DE","jurisdictionName":"Delaware","status":"P","text":"Delaware: 171 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 66.7%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 23.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":171,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":66.7,"admitted":171,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-23.7,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"fl-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"FL","jurisdictionName":"Florida","status":"P","text":"Florida: 2,935 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 60.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 5.5% from 2021 to 2025.","value":2935,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":60,"admitted":2935,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":5.5,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ga-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"GA","jurisdictionName":"Georgia","status":"P","text":"Georgia: 1,468 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 63.9%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 9.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1468,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":63.9,"admitted":1468,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":9.7,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":24.6,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"gu-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"GU","jurisdictionName":"Guam","status":"P","text":"Guam: 7 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 58.3%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 40.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":7,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":58.3,"admitted":7,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":40,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"hi-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"HI","jurisdictionName":"Hawaii","status":"P","text":"Hawaii: 188 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 68.1%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 2.1% from 2021 to 2025.","value":188,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":68.1,"admitted":188,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-2.1,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ia-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"IA","jurisdictionName":"Iowa","status":"P","text":"Iowa: 339 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 69.3%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 4.6% from 2021 to 2025.","value":339,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":69.3,"admitted":339,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-4.6,"transfer_share_pct":26,"motion_share_pct":26.3,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"id-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"ID","jurisdictionName":"Idaho","status":"P","text":"Idaho: 295 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 74.1%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 12.1% from 2021 to 2025.","value":295,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":74.1,"admitted":295,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-12.1,"transfer_share_pct":17.3,"motion_share_pct":38.3,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"il-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"IL","jurisdictionName":"Illinois","status":"P","text":"Illinois: 3,223 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 65.7%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 13.5% from 2021 to 2025.","value":3223,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":65.7,"admitted":3223,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-13.5,"transfer_share_pct":15.7,"motion_share_pct":6.8,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"in-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"IN","jurisdictionName":"Indiana","status":"P","text":"Indiana: 778 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 65.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 8.1% from 2021 to 2025.","value":778,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":65.2,"admitted":778,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-8.1,"transfer_share_pct":27.4,"motion_share_pct":21.6,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ks-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"KS","jurisdictionName":"Kansas","status":"P","text":"Kansas: 427 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 75.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 9.1% from 2021 to 2025.","value":427,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":75.2,"admitted":427,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":9.1,"transfer_share_pct":32.3,"motion_share_pct":26.9,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ky-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"KY","jurisdictionName":"Kentucky","status":"P","text":"Kentucky: 587 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 70.9%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 17.6% from 2021 to 2025.","value":587,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":70.9,"admitted":587,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":17.6,"transfer_share_pct":27.1,"motion_share_pct":20.4,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"la-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"LA","jurisdictionName":"Louisiana","status":"P","text":"Louisiana: 476 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 69.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 10.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":476,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":69.2,"admitted":476,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-10.9,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ma-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MA","jurisdictionName":"Massachusetts","status":"P","text":"Massachusetts: 1,860 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 68.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 18.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1860,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":68.2,"admitted":1860,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":18.9,"transfer_share_pct":15,"motion_share_pct":10.8,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"md-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MD","jurisdictionName":"Maryland","status":"P","text":"Maryland: 1,251 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 56.5%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 6.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1251,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":56.5,"admitted":1251,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-6,"transfer_share_pct":17.3,"motion_share_pct":31.3,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"me-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"ME","jurisdictionName":"Maine","status":"P","text":"Maine: 278 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 63.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 59.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":278,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":63.6,"admitted":278,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":59.8,"transfer_share_pct":23,"motion_share_pct":32.7,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"mi-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MI","jurisdictionName":"Michigan","status":"P","text":"Michigan: 1,095 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and transferred UBE score); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 57.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 91.4% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1095,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":57,"admitted":1095,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":91.4,"transfer_share_pct":15,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"mn-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MN","jurisdictionName":"Minnesota","status":"P","text":"Minnesota: 1,040 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 77.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 28.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1040,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":77.2,"admitted":1040,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":28.7,"transfer_share_pct":26.8,"motion_share_pct":18.5,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"mo-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MO","jurisdictionName":"Missouri","status":"P","text":"Missouri: 1,150 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 73.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 30.5% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1150,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":73,"admitted":1150,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":30.5,"transfer_share_pct":35.3,"motion_share_pct":13,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"mp-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MP","jurisdictionName":"Northern Mariana Islands","status":"P","text":"Northern Mariana Islands: 7 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 100.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 50.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":7,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":100,"admitted":7,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":50,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":57.1,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ms-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MS","jurisdictionName":"Mississippi","status":"P","text":"Mississippi: 167 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 72.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 2.3% from 2021 to 2025.","value":167,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":72.6,"admitted":167,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-2.3,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":24,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"mt-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"MT","jurisdictionName":"Montana","status":"P","text":"Montana: 233 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 74.4%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 24.2% from 2021 to 2025.","value":233,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":74.4,"admitted":233,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-24.2,"transfer_share_pct":27.5,"motion_share_pct":31.3,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"nc-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NC","jurisdictionName":"North Carolina","status":"P","text":"North Carolina: 1,261 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 69.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 0.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1261,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":69.6,"admitted":1261,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-0.7,"transfer_share_pct":17.4,"motion_share_pct":17,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"nd-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"ND","jurisdictionName":"North Dakota","status":"P","text":"North Dakota: 117 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 58.8%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 12.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":117,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":58.8,"admitted":117,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":12,"transfer_share_pct":29.9,"motion_share_pct":28.2,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ne-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NE","jurisdictionName":"Nebraska","status":"P","text":"Nebraska: 311 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 71.3%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 17.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":311,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":71.3,"admitted":311,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":17.9,"transfer_share_pct":15.4,"motion_share_pct":26,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"nh-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NH","jurisdictionName":"New Hampshire","status":"P","text":"New Hampshire: 260 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 55.2%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 26.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":260,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":55.2,"admitted":260,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":26.8,"transfer_share_pct":35.4,"motion_share_pct":38.1,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE's chart leaves out admissions through the University of New Hampshire's Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"nj-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NJ","jurisdictionName":"New Jersey","status":"P","text":"New Jersey: 1,829 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 55.3%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 20.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1829,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":55.3,"admitted":1829,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-20.9,"transfer_share_pct":44.7,"motion_share_pct":15.3,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"nm-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NM","jurisdictionName":"New Mexico","status":"P","text":"New Mexico: 486 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 58.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 39.4% from 2021 to 2025.","value":486,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":58,"admitted":486,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":39.4,"transfer_share_pct":37.7,"motion_share_pct":28,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"nv-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NV","jurisdictionName":"Nevada","status":"P","text":"Nevada: 247 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 55.4%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 24.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":247,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":55.4,"admitted":247,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-24.7,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ny-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"NY","jurisdictionName":"New York","status":"P","text":"New York: 7,392 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 61.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 7.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":7392,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":61,"admitted":7392,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-7.8,"transfer_share_pct":12.2,"motion_share_pct":7.7,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"oh-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"OH","jurisdictionName":"Ohio","status":"P","text":"Ohio: 1,343 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 64.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 16.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1343,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":64,"admitted":1343,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":16.8,"transfer_share_pct":13.8,"motion_share_pct":14.2,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ok-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"OK","jurisdictionName":"Oklahoma","status":"P","text":"Oklahoma: 430 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 69.0%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 13.6% from 2021 to 2025.","value":430,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":69,"admitted":430,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":13.6,"transfer_share_pct":15.6,"motion_share_pct":8.6,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"or-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"OR","jurisdictionName":"Oregon","status":"P","text":"Oregon: 762 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 68.1%; admissions by exam or transferred score were unchanged from 2021 to 2025.","value":762,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":68.1,"admitted":762,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":0,"transfer_share_pct":12.3,"motion_share_pct":40.8,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE's chart includes two 2025 admissions through Oregon's Provisional Licensing Program and leaves out those admitted through its Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"pa-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"PA","jurisdictionName":"Pennsylvania","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania: 2,069 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 68.1%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 8.5% from 2021 to 2025.","value":2069,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":68.1,"admitted":2069,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":8.5,"transfer_share_pct":19,"motion_share_pct":17.1,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"pr-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"PR","jurisdictionName":"Puerto Rico","status":"P","text":"Puerto Rico: 373 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 47.9%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 11.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":373,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":47.9,"admitted":373,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-11.8,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"pw-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"PW","jurisdictionName":"Palau","status":"P","text":"Palau: 7 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 100.0%.","value":7,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":100,"admitted":7,"admitted_pathways_reported":"motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":null,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":100,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ri-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"RI","jurisdictionName":"Rhode Island","status":"P","text":"Rhode Island: 185 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and transferred UBE score); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 67.7%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 2.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":185,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":67.7,"admitted":185,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":2.8,"transfer_share_pct":52.4,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"sc-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"SC","jurisdictionName":"South Carolina","status":"P","text":"South Carolina: 701 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and transferred UBE score); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 70.4%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 31.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":701,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":70.4,"admitted":701,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":31.8,"transfer_share_pct":35.7,"motion_share_pct":null,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"sd-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"SD","jurisdictionName":"South Dakota","status":"P","text":"South Dakota: 128 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 67.3%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 4.3% from 2021 to 2025.","value":128,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":67.3,"admitted":128,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-4.3,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":48.4,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"tn-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"TN","jurisdictionName":"Tennessee","status":"P","text":"Tennessee: 950 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 65.8%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 40.2% from 2021 to 2025.","value":950,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":65.8,"admitted":950,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":40.2,"transfer_share_pct":13.6,"motion_share_pct":20.3,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"tx-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"TX","jurisdictionName":"Texas","status":"P","text":"Texas: 4,168 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 68.1%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 5.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":4168,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":68.1,"admitted":4168,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":5,"transfer_share_pct":13.5,"motion_share_pct":19.2,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"ut-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"UT","jurisdictionName":"Utah","status":"P","text":"Utah: 668 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 82.3%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 69.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":668,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":82.3,"admitted":668,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":69.7,"transfer_share_pct":23.5,"motion_share_pct":23.8,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"va-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"VA","jurisdictionName":"Virginia","status":"P","text":"Virginia: 1,049 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 73.5%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 4.8% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1049,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":73.5,"admitted":1049,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":4.8,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":37,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"vi-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"VI","jurisdictionName":"Virgin Islands","status":"P","text":"Virgin Islands: 17 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 66.7%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 58.3% from 2021 to 2025.","value":17,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":66.7,"admitted":17,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-58.3,"transfer_share_pct":35.3,"motion_share_pct":41.2,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"vt-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"VT","jurisdictionName":"Vermont","status":"P","text":"Vermont: 151 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 48.9%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 35.7% from 2021 to 2025.","value":151,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":48.9,"admitted":151,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-35.7,"transfer_share_pct":22.5,"motion_share_pct":46.4,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"wa-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"WA","jurisdictionName":"Washington","status":"P","text":"Washington: 1,466 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 63.4%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 25.9% from 2021 to 2025.","value":1466,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":63.4,"admitted":1466,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":25.9,"transfer_share_pct":16.9,"motion_share_pct":37,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"wi-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"WI","jurisdictionName":"Wisconsin","status":"P","text":"Wisconsin: 313 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 58.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 5.2% from 2021 to 2025.","value":313,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":58.6,"admitted":313,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-5.2,"transfer_share_pct":null,"motion_share_pct":64.9,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":true},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"NCBE's chart leaves out admissions by diploma privilege, which Wisconsin's in-state law-school graduates may use instead of the bar exam. NCBE shows a dash, not a figure, for one or more admission pathways, so the admitted total counts only the pathways it shows.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"wv-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"WV","jurisdictionName":"West Virginia","status":"P","text":"West Virginia: 205 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 70.9%; admissions by exam or transferred score rose 24.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":205,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":70.9,"admitted":205,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":24,"transfer_share_pct":23.4,"motion_share_pct":22,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"wy-bar-pipeline","dataset":"bar-pipeline","jurisdiction":"WY","jurisdictionName":"Wyoming","status":"P","text":"Wyoming: 166 new lawyers were admitted in 2025 (by exam, transferred UBE score and motion); the overall 2025 bar exam pass rate was 60.6%; admissions by exam or transferred score fell 18.0% from 2021 to 2025.","value":166,"unit":"new lawyers admitted in 2025","year":2025,"pass_rate_pct":60.6,"admitted":166,"admitted_pathways_reported":"exam, transferred UBE score, motion","admitted_change_2021_2025_pct":-18,"transfer_share_pct":31.3,"motion_share_pct":45.2,"sources":[{"label":"NCBE, Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/persons-taking-and-passing-the-2025-bar-examination/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-by-examination-and-by-transferred-ube-score-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"},{"label":"NCBE, Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025 (The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1))","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/admissions-to-the-bar-on-motion-2021-2025/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"National Conference of Bar Examiners","table":"Persons Taking and Passing the 2025 Bar Examination; Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2021-2025; Admissions to the Bar on Motion, 2021-2025","release":"The Bar Examiner, Spring 2026 (Vol. 95, No. 1)","vintage":"2025","url":"https://thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/2025-statistics/","accessed":"2026-10-28","table_sha256":{"exam":"1a491a0558b52de5","adm":"1991483394d2ad8d","motion":"beeb9c35e1520815"}},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null,"partial":false},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"}]}