Michigan Bar Exam February 2016 results by name

The results of the passers of Michigan's February 2016 Bar Exam have been released.

See list here (via Board of Law Examiners).

The July 2015 Michigan Bar Exam results have been released

The list of certified passers (before appeals) of the July 2015 Michigan Bar Exam has been released by the Board of Law Examiners.

See the list here. 

Michigan bar exam results - February 2015

The Michigan Board of Law Examiners has released the list of passers (by name) for its February 2015 Bar Exam.

List here.

February 2015 Michigan Bar Exam results - published by seat number

This list is the exam takers who have passed, as identified by the seat number assigned when they took the exam. Results by name will be forthcoming in the next few days.

List here.

Update! May 11, 2015: List by name has now been published: link here.  

Michigan Bar exam - Results before appeals

This is the breakdown the BLE (Board of Law Examiners) has for the folks who took the July 2014 Michigan Bar Exam, as broken down by school.

Why did so many people fail the bar exam this time?

This article (via taxprof blog) suggests that lower LSAT scores for entering classes is the reason why the bar exam is tougher to pass:

From the article:

Are America’s law graduates really getting dumber? The people who put together the bar exam seem to think so.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners, a nonprofit that prepares one of the state-specific multiple-choice sections in which scores dropped dramatically, sent a curt message to law school deans in October. “The results are correct,” wrote Erica Moeser, the group’s president, in an Oct. 23 memo. “The group that sat in July 2014 was less able than the group that sat in July 2013.”

This is sort of a egg-then-chicken analysis, for what it's worth. Or it could be that state-level Law Examiners are making their scoring system tougher?  As a side note, Michigan has yet to release it analysis of passers by school, etc., which they call the "results before appeals." I will post them once the BLE releases them, or go here for updates.

Also, the LSAT is supposed to indicate how a test taker will perform in their first year of law school, not whether that taker will the pass the bar. Law school is designed to weed out students, a job which it does very well (my entering class had more than double the number of people I graduated with).

(Sorry! I know that image has very little to do with the bar exam. I just love Mr. Darcy, and I needed a laugh. Thanks for reading!)

Michigan July Bar exam results - list of certified passers

The Board of Law Examiners has posted the list of certified passers for the July 2014 Michigan Bar Exam.

List here.

This is results before appeals.

Michigan July 2014 Bar Exam results posted

Results for the Michigan July 2014 Bar Exam have been posted - by seat number.
Takers will be notified later of scores, and names of passers will be posted
at this link.

Best of luck to all takers!

A bar exam takers nightmare: the software crashed

New law graduates in many states experienced a technology snafu at the worst possible time Tuesday night: as they were attempting to upload bar examinations just before deadlines in their states. Many reported spending hours trying and failing to upload their answers. ExamSoft, a company that manages the bar test submission process in many states, acknowledged "slowness or difficulty" being experienced. . .

Article here (via taxprof blog).

I hand wrote my exams (all of them up to and including the bar exam) so I didn't have to worry about the software.

Michigan is one of the states that did have difficulty with uploading exams, The Board of Law Examiners extended the deadline to upload. (article here, sbm blog). 

The next bar exam is only how many days away?

If you're studying, don't panic. You still have time to cram in some subject you are worried about, and do all that extra essay practice that's on your damned study schedule.

Since you need something to laugh about, though, here's an interview with a bar exam lecturer who's been at it --lecturing on Torts for Barbri, that is --  for 24 years.

Michigan Bar Exam Results - February 2014

List of certified passers from the State Board of Law Examiners website.

Michigan Bar Exam Results - released for February 2014

Exam takers of the February 2014 Michigan Bar Exam were notified by mail on May 7, 2014. Results can also be seen here (Michigan Board of Law Examiners) and here (list of passers by seat number). More detailed results to be released on May 13, 2014.

Sending good vibes to all takers! If not a passer this time, then try try again!

Michigan Bar Exam results - statistics before appeals

The Michigan Board of Law Examiners has released the statistics of the July 2013 bar takers.

Click here.
 or click here.
Overall, the passage rate is slightly up (60 percent). The link has the breakdown by school.