MIAMI (April 11, 2015) – For the second time in a row, FIU College of Law graduates have earned the top bar passage rate in Florida, with 84.6 percent passing the exam that allows them to practice law in the state.
First among Florida’s 11 law schools on the February 2016 bar examination, FIU College of Law graduates exceeded the statewide average bar passage rate of 58.4 percent by more than 25 percentage points. This follows the July 2015 examination results, where FIU College of Law graduates again scored the highest bar passage rate among Florida’s law schools, exceeded the statewide average by 20 percentage points.
“Student talent and work ethic, along with dedication and outstanding teaching,have come together to bring about this outstanding achievement,” said Dean R. Alexander Acosta. “I particularly want to thank Professor Raul Ruiz, Dean Louis Schulze and our alumni mentors whose Academic Excellence Program worked with graduates to ensure that our bar takers were supported fully. Most importantly, thank you to all our graduates who studied long hours to prepare for the bar.”
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About FIU College of Law:
Florida International University College of Law is South Florida’s publicly supported law school. It is home to a faculty whose productivity and scholarly impact ranks among the highest in Florida. The National Jurist and U.S. News & World Report frequently recognize the student body as being one of the most diverse in the nation. Hispanic Business, similarly, has ranked FIU Law among the top five law schools for Hispanics. Unique among law schools, FIU places particular emphasis on integrating international law into every aspect of its curriculum. For more information about FIU Law, visit http://law.fiu.edu.
About FIU:
research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida’s anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visithttp://www.fiu.edu/