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YES WE CAN, PASS THE BAR.35Table 2Bar Passage Rates, First Attempt and <strong>Law</strong> School GP ABy Quartile<strong>UDC</strong>·DCSL2003·2008QuartileBar Pass RateFirst AttemptBar Pass Rate SecondAttempt1 st 2.59 or less 25.0% 21.0%2nd 2.60-2.90 52.0% 24.7%3rd 2.91-3.15 67.1 % 21.0%4th 3.16 or higher 86.8% 7.4%Source: <strong>UDC</strong>-DCSLC. Bar Pass Rates and <strong>Law</strong> School GPA, 2007-08The <strong>UDC</strong>-DCSL bar passage rate after the first attempt increased significantlyfrom 2003-2006 to 2007-2008. As shown in Table 3 the bar pass rate on firstattempt in the data increased from 52.7% in 2003-2006 to 69.7% in 2007-2008, an18.00/0 increase. The bar passage rate for the bottom half of the class increased19.60/0, from 31.3% to 50.9%.Table 3Bar Passage Rates and <strong>Law</strong> School GP ABy 50 Percentile<strong>UDC</strong>·DCSL2003·06; 2007·082003·06All StudentsBar Pass Rate First Attempt 51.7%Bar Pass Rate26.7%Multiple AttemptsBottom Half of ClassBar Pass Rate First Attempt 31.3%Bar Pass Rate Multiple32.5%AttemptsSource: <strong>UDC</strong>-DCSL2007·08ImprovementImprovement inin OverallFirst AttemptPass Rate69.7% 18.0% 7.5%12.6%50.9% 19.6% 5.3%18.2%

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