Robert H. McKinney School of Law - First-Time Bar Admission - 2024 to 2022 Results

Sep 21, 2026

Report compiles first-time bar admission outcomes for Robert H. McKinney School of Law by graduation calendar year. It summarizes graduates who took the bar before or after graduation, those who did not take the exam, and first-time takers totals, then compares law school pass rates with ABA weighted average pass rates and the computed differences. It also provides jurisdiction-level details for Indiana and remaining jurisdictions for 2024, 2023, and 2022, including takers, passers, pass percentages, state pass rates for ABA-approved schools, and variance.

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First-Time Bar Admission

Summary by graduation year (2024, 2023, 2022)

Notes and methodology

Details 2024 (Indiana and remaining jurisdictions)

Details 2023 (Indiana and remaining jurisdictions)

Details 2022 (Indiana and remaining jurisdictions)

Two-Year Ultimate Bar Admission

Summary by graduation year (2022, 2021, 2020)

Notes on alternative pathways

Robert H. McKinney School of Law-2025 Phone: (317) 274-8523 Website: [https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/](https://mckinneylaw.iu.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** | ABA 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 to licensure | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2024 | 209 | 10 | 181 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 222 | 164 | 73.87% | 77.95% | -4.08% | 0 | 73.87% | | 2023 | 215 | 0 | 165 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 175 | 133 | 76.00% | 74.40% | 1.60% | 0 | 76.00% | | 2022 | 237 | - | - | 60 | 0 | 45 | 222 | 164 | 73.87% | 75.17% | -1.30% | 0 | 73.87% | *For 2022, the ABA did not collect information about "graduates who took the bar exam before graduation" and "graduates who took the bar exam after graduation" as it does currently, so those data fields are not included in this report. **Law School pass rate is how the Law School’s graduates performed across all jurisdictions where they took the bar examination for the first time. ***The ABA weighted average bar pass rate is the average pass rate for graduates from ABA-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 ABA weighted average bar pass rate than bar pass rates from jurisdictions where fewer of the Law School’s graduates sat for the bar exam. ****The difference between the Law School pass rate and the ABA weighted average bar pass rate 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 ABA-accredited law schools on the bar exam in those same jurisdictions. ***** Starting with the 2025 Bar Admission Outcome report, graduates pursuing alternative pathways to bar licensure were no longer reported both in the category with graduates who did not take a bar exam and in the category of graduates admitted via alternative pathways. This change is reflected for 2024 graduates in the First-Time Bar Admission table, but does not impact the Total First-Time Bar Admission Rate. Details 2024: | Jurisdiction | Takers | Passers | Pass % | State Pass % for ABA approved law schools | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | INDIANA | 203 | 153 | 75.37% | 77.87% | -2.50% | | 9 REMAINING JURISDICTIONS | 19 | 11 | 57.89% | 77.93% | -20.04% | Details 2023: | Jurisdiction | Takers | Passers | Pass % | State Pass % for ABA approved law schools | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | INDIANA | 173 | 131 | 75.72% | 74.38% | 1.34% | | 2 REMAINING JURISDICTIONS | 2 | 2 | 100.00% | 76.46% | 23.54% | Details 2022: | Jurisdiction | Takers | Passers | Pass % | State Pass % for ABA approved law schools | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | INDIANA | 207 | 154 | 74.40% | 74.95% | -0.55% | | 9 REMAINING JURISDICTIONS | 15 | 10 | 66.67% | 77.28% | -10.61% | 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) | | --- | --

FAQs

What metrics are reported in the First-Time Bar Admission table?

The table reports graduates by graduation year, counts who took the bar before or after graduation, those who did not take the exam, totals of first-time takers, total who passed, and the law school pass rate versus the ABA weighted average pass rate and their difference.

How are the ABA weighted average bar pass rate and pass rate difference calculated?

The ABA weighted average is the jurisdiction-weighted average pass rate across ABA-accredited law school graduates in each jurisdiction where the school’s graduates sat. The pass rate difference compares the law school’s first-time performance in those jurisdictions to the ABA weighted average for the same jurisdictions.

What does the report say about alternative pathways to licensure?

Starting with the 2025 report, graduates in alternative pathways are no longer shown in both the no-bar-exam category and the alternative-pathways category. The change is reflected for 2024 first-time data, while the Total First-Time Bar Admission Rate is not impacted.

Sep 21, 2026

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