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NEW (2015-04-23) 90% of Ajou’s Law School graduates pass the fourth Korea Bar Exam

  • 2015-04-29
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Of the Ajou University Law School graduates, 90.2% passed the fourth Korea Bar Exam, which is the third-highest rate among domestic law schools. The average rate of graduates passing the Exam for all domestic law schools was 74.7%.
 
 
On April 10th, the Ministry of Justice announced the list of those who passed the fourth Bar Exam. According to the list, 46 applicants from among the 51 first-time test-takers from Ajou’s Law School passed the Exam, achieving a pass rate of 90.2%.
 
 
The figure is far higher than the average pass rate among applicants from a total of 25 law schools in Korea. The Ministry of Justice said, “Based on the first-time test-takers, the nationwide pass rate for the Exam averaged 74.7%.” ‘First-time test-takers’ refers to those who took the Bar Exam for the first time this year.
 
 
According to Ajou University Law School, the pass rate of its graduates for the latest bar exam was the third-highest, with Yeungnam University being the highest at 98.44%, followed by Seoul National University and Ajou University.
 
 
Ajou’s Law School also recorded high pass rates in the first three bar exams. In the first exam conducted in 2012, its pass rate was 100%, and its rates for the second and third exams were 88.64% and 90.48%, easily surpassing the national averages of 72.55% and 67.63%, respectively.
 
* The above picture is a scene from the fourth graduation ceremony for Ajou’s Law School, which was held on January 29th.