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Bar exam jurisdictions

Every bar exam path, state by state.

Find the examination administered on your date, passing score, MPRE minimum, published deadline and fee snapshot, score-transfer rules, local components, eligibility routes, and post-passage requirements. Of 56 NCBE-tracked jurisdictions: 10: NextGen now (July 2026), 13: NextGen 2027, 28: NextGen 2028, 5: No date announced yet. Each state page carries its own reported values rather than a national average, because passing scores, deadlines, fees, and local components genuinely differ by jurisdiction. Use the search and filter tools below to narrow the full list, or select up to four jurisdictions to compare side by side on the same screen. Every state guide links back here and to the deadlines-and-fees desk, the state writing directory, and the exam-router tool, so a candidate can move between the national view and their own jurisdiction's specifics without losing their place.

NextGen now (July 2026)10NextGen 202713NextGen 202828No date announced yet5
JurisdictionFirst NextGenScoreLocal componentCompare / guide
ALAlabamaJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
AKAlaskaJuly 2028TBANone reportedGuide →
AZArizonaJuly 2027TBARequiredGuide →
ARArkansasNo adoption announced, None reportedGuide →
CACaliforniaJuly 2028TBATBAGuide →
COColoradoJuly 2028TBANone reportedGuide →
CTConnecticutJuly 2026616None reportedGuide →
DEDelawareFebruary 2028TBARequiredGuide →
DCDistrict of ColumbiaFebruary 2028616None reportedGuide →
FLFloridaJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
GAGeorgiaJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
HIHawaiiJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
IDIdahoJuly 2026616None reportedGuide →
ILIllinoisFebruary 2028620None reportedGuide →
INIndianaJuly 2028614TBAGuide →
IAIowaJuly 2027610None reportedGuide →
KSKansasJuly 2028TBANone reportedGuide →
KYKentuckyJuly 2027616None reportedGuide →
LALouisianaNo adoption announced, State-specific examGuide →
MEMaineJuly 2028620None reportedGuide →
MDMarylandJuly 2026616RequiredGuide →
MAMassachusettsJuly 2028620RequiredGuide →
MIMichiganJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
MNMinnesotaJuly 2027TBANone reportedGuide →
MSMississippiDate TBATBATBAGuide →
MOMissouriJuly 2026610RequiredGuide →
MTMontanaFebruary 2028TBARequiredGuide →
NENebraskaJuly 2027620None reportedGuide →
NVNevadaNo adoption announced, State-specific examGuide →
NHNew HampshireJuly 2028620None reportedGuide →
NJNew JerseyJuly 2028TBANone reportedGuide →
NMNew MexicoJuly 2027610RequiredGuide →
NYNew YorkJuly 2028TBANYLC and NYLEGuide →
NCNorth CarolinaJuly 2028620RequiredGuide →
NDNorth DakotaJuly 2027610None reportedGuide →
OHOhioJuly 2028620RequiredGuide →
OKOklahomaJuly 2027TBANone reportedGuide →
OROregonJuly 2026615 July 2026; 620 afterCheck jurisdictionGuide →
PAPennsylvaniaJuly 2028620None reportedGuide →
RIRhode IslandJuly 2028TBANone reportedGuide →
SCSouth CarolinaJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
SDSouth DakotaJuly 2027TBATBAGuide →
TNTennesseeJuly 2027TBARequiredGuide →
TXTexasJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
UTUtahJuly 2028TBANone reportedGuide →
VTVermontJuly 2027620None reportedGuide →
VAVirginiaJuly 2028TBARequiredGuide →
WAWashingtonJuly 2026610RequiredGuide →
WVWest VirginiaJuly 2027TBANone reportedGuide →
WIWisconsinJuly 2028TBATBAGuide →
WYWyomingJuly 2027TBANone reportedGuide →
GUGuamJuly 2026612RequiredGuide →
MPNorthern Mariana IslandsJuly 2026615RequiredGuide →
PWPalauJuly 2026612RequiredGuide →
PRPuerto RicoNo adoption announced, Spanish-language jurisdiction examGuide →
VIVirgin IslandsJuly 2026616RequiredGuide →

Showing 56 of 56 jurisdictions · National table reviewed August 20, 2026 · compare up to four

Recent results

What each jurisdiction reported for its last three bar exams.

NCBE compiles the pass rates each jurisdiction reports after it releases results. In all 18 July 2026 rows that report both figures, first-time takers passed more often than repeaters, so read the first-timer column when you are judging your own odds. Small jurisdictions have few examinees, so their percentages swing on a handful of people. Each state guide explains its own row.

Bar exam pass rates as each jurisdiction reported them to NCBE (n/r = not reported in the table)
JurisdictionJuly 2026 overallFirst-timersRepeatersExamineesFeb 2026 overallJuly 2025 overall
Alabaman/rn/rn/rn/r33%54%
Alaskan/rn/rn/rn/r48%68%
Arizona64%74%15%45053%71%
Arkansas65%75%24%24936%70%
Californian/rn/rn/rn/r31%55%
Colorado70%79%15%70052%75%
Connecticutn/rn/rn/rn/r32%58%
Delawaren/rn/rn/rn/r51%72%
District of Columbian/rn/rn/rn/r41%80%
Florida64%75%15%2,75044%67%
Georgia64%75%17%1,15753%73%
Hawaii73%83%33%16059%71%
Idahon/rn/rn/rn/r46%81%
Illinoisn/rn/rn/rn/r41%74%
Indiana65%77%17%46547%73%
Iowa84%91%41%19046%79%
Kansas74%80%35%17748%82%
Kentuckyn/rn/rn/rn/r56%78%
Louisianan/rn/rn/rn/r56%75%
Mainen/rn/rn/rn/r47%72%
Marylandn/rn/rn/rn/rn/r63%
Massachusettsn/rn/rn/rn/r49%76%
Michigann/rn/rn/rn/r47%65%
Minnesotan/rn/rn/rn/r44%84%
Mississippin/rn/rn/rn/r73%83%
Missourin/rn/rn/rn/r51%79%
Montanan/rn/rn/rn/r56%83%
Nebraska75%79%31%19141%76%
Nevadan/rn/rn/rn/r56%62%
New Hampshiren/rn/rn/rn/r25%63%
New Jerseyn/rn/rn/rn/r30%63%
New Mexico55%72%19%17742%63%
New Yorkn/rn/rn/rn/r41%70%
North Carolina76%82%37%76556%79%
North Dakota63%69%47%6257%65%
Ohion/rn/rn/rn/r42%72%
Oklahoma73%82%25%33552%76%
Oregonn/rn/rn/rn/r42%75%
Pennsylvanian/rn/rn/rn/r46%77%
Rhode Islandn/rn/rn/rn/r58%73%
South Carolinan/rn/rn/rn/r66%78%
South Dakota73%82%11%7141%73%
Tennesseen/rn/rn/rn/r44%73%
Texasn/rn/rn/rn/r46%75%
Utah89%90%54%27969%86%
Vermont63%75%10%6061%62%
Virginian/rn/rn/rn/r63%80%
Washingtonn/rn/rn/rn/r50%72%
West Virginia62%n/rn/r11742%77%
Wisconsin53%63%16%12248%68%
Wyoming69%76%30%6530%68%
Northern Mariana Islandsn/rn/rn/rn/r100%n/r
Puerto Ricon/rn/rn/rn/r45%52%
Virgin Islandsn/rn/rn/rn/r40%n/r

Each state guide includes

More than an exam date and passing score.

A candidate needs to know whether they may sit, how and when to apply, which separate requirements apply, how to request accommodations, and what happens after a passing result.

Exam format by administration

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Education and foreign-law eligibility

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Application and late deadlines

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Fees and laptop charges

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Character and fitness

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MPRE score and timing

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Local-law course or examination

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Testing accommodations

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Attempt and waiting limits

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Legacy and NextGen score transfer

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Admission on motion

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Results and swearing-in

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