The charter class of the Elon University School of Law achieved an 83 percent pass rate on the North Carolina Bar Exam. The overall pass rate for the 1,136 people who took this year's exam administered by the Board of Law Examiners last July was 73 percent.
“We obviously are very pleased with the results for our charter class of graduates,” said Elon Law Dean George R. Johnson Jr. “This achievement is the product of their study and hard work. Their performance bodes well for their professional futures and for the future of Elon University School of Law.”
While several members of Elon Law’s charter class will take bar exams in other states, the majority chose to take the North Carolina exam. Attorneys must pass a state bar exam to practice law.
Charter class member Damon Duncan, former Student Bar Association president, was among those who passed the exam. “We came to Elon to lay a strong foundation on which future classes could succeed and build on, and I think we’ve done that,” Duncan said. “We wanted to reflect the hard work that the law school and the university put into us.”
Many graduates cited the law school’s program of study, focusing on the development of legal skills and knowledge combined with a distinctive emphasis on engaged learning and leadership development, as factors contributing to their success.
“Elon offered us a great balance between the core study of the law and practical, hands-on experience,” said Michelle Cybulski, also a charter class member who passed the exam. “We developed the knowledge and skills needed to apply legal concepts in practice. That’s part of what the bar exam measures I think, and it’s also a strength we have heading into the profession.”
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