First-Time Bar Admission - 2025-2023 Data & Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission

Sep 21, 2026

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First-Time Bar Admission and Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission statistics are presented for a law school at the University of Tennessee Winston College of Law. The report summarizes graduation-year cohorts (2023–2025), first-time takers, passers, pass rates, and the difference versus council-accredited law school averages. Jurisdictional detail compares Tennessee and remaining jurisdictions, while definitions clarify weighted averages, jurisdictional comparisons, and alternative pathways to licensure. Two-year ultimate admission rates are shown alongside an applicable Standard 316 benchmark.

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First-Time Bar Admission

First-Time Bar Admission Section Definitions

Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission

Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission Section Definitions

Definitions and Additional Information on the Bar Admission Report

Alternative Pathways to Licensure

University of Tennessee Winston College of Law-2026 Phone: (865) 974-4241 Website: [https://winston.utk.edu](https://winston.utk.edu) First-Time Bar Admission | Calendar year of graduation | Graduatesin the calendar year | Graduates who took the bar exam before graduation | Graduates who took bar exam after
graduation | Grads who have
not
taken the bar | Grads with no bar info | First time takers from prior gradyears | Total firsttime takers | Total who passed the bar | Law school bar pass rate | Council weighted average bar pass rate | Difference in bar pass rate | Graduates admitted
via
alternative pathways to licensure | Total First
Time Bar Admission Rate: first
time takers and alternative pathways | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025 | 121 | 1 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 125 | 107 | 85.60% | 80.01% | 5.59% | 0 | 85.60% | | 2024 | 128 | 1 | 115 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 124 | 114 | 91.94% | 78.49% | 13.45% | 0 | 91.94% | | 2023 | 114 | 0 | 101 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 87 | 83.65% | 74.03% | 9.62% | 0 | 83.65% | Details 2025: | Jurisdiction | Takers | Passers | Pass % | State Pass % for Council-accredited law schools | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TENNESSEE | 94 | 83 | 88.30% | 79.71% | 8.59% | | 18 REMAINING JURISDICTIONS | 31 | 24 | 77.42% | 80.98% | -3.56% | Details 2024: | Jurisdiction | Takers | Passers | Pass % | State Pass % for Council-accredited law schools | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TENNESSEE | 103 | 94 | 91.26% | 78.25% | 13.01% | | 12 REMAINING JURISDICTIONS | 21 | 20 | 95.24% | 78.24% | 17.00% | Details 2023: | Jurisdiction | Takers | Passers | Pass % | State Pass % for Council-accredited law schools | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TENNESSEE | 88 | 72 | 81.82% | 73.76% | 8.06% | | 10 REMAINING JURISDICTIONS | 16 | 15 | 93.75% | 74.74% | 19.01% | Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission | Calendar year of graduation | Total graduates in calendar year | \# of grads with no info | \# who did not take a bar | Graduates who sat for a bar exam within two years of their date of graduation | | | Graduates who have been admitted via an alternative pathway to licensure | Ultimate Bar Admission Rate Total %(incl. alternative pathways) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | \#
of takers | \#
who passed | %
who passed | | | | 2023 | 114 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 103 | 92.79% | 0 | 92.79% | | 2022 | 123 | 2 | 5 | 116 | 104 | 89.66% | 0 | 89.66% | | 2021 | 120 | 4 | 5 | 110 | 101 | 91.82% | 0 | 91.82% | Definitions and Additional Information on the Bar Admission Report First-Time Bar Admission Section • Law School Bar Pass Rate. This percentage reflects how the law school’s graduates performed across all jurisdictions where they took the bar examination for the first time. • Weighted Average Bar Pass Rate. This percentage is the average pass rate for graduates from Council accredited law schools for each jurisdiction in which the law school’s graduates sat for the bar exam. This number is weighted so that bar pass rates from jurisdictions where more of the law school’s graduates sat for the bar exam have a greater impact on the weighted average bar pass rate than bar pass rates from jurisdictions where fewer of the law school’s graduates sat for the bar exam. • Difference in Bar Pass Rate. This percentage compares the performance of the law school’s graduates on the bar exam in all jurisdictions where they took the bar exam for the first time with the performance of graduates from all Council-accredited law schools on the bar exam in those same jurisdictions. • Jurisdictional Information. This section breaks down first-time bar pass rates by jurisdiction and compares a law school’s graduates’ pass rate to the average pass rate of all takers from Council-accredited law schools. Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission Section This section p

FAQs

What does the Law School Bar Pass Rate represent in the First-Time Bar Admission section?

It reflects how the law school’s graduates performed across all jurisdictions where they took the bar examination for the first time.

How is the Weighted Average Bar Pass Rate calculated?

It averages pass rates for graduates from Council-accredited law schools for each jurisdiction, weighted so jurisdictions with more test-takers have greater impact.

What is the Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission requirement mentioned in Standard 316?

At least 75 percent of a law school’s graduates in a calendar year who sat for a bar examination must have passed a bar examination administered within two years of their graduation date.

Sep 21, 2026

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