{"id":10453,"date":"2016-04-12T15:34:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2018-05-08T19:42:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T19:42:36","slug":"fiu-law-graduates-have-highest-florida-bar-passage-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2016\/04\/12\/fiu-law-graduates-have-highest-florida-bar-passage-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU Law Graduates Have Highest Florida Bar Passage Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For the second time in a row, FIU law graduates have highest Florida Bar passage rate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MIAMI (April 12, 2016) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0 For the second time in a row, FIU College of Law graduates have earned the top bar passage rate in Florida, with 84.6 percent passing the exam that allows them to practice law in the state.<\/p>\n<p>First among Florida\u2019s 11 law schools on the February 2016 bar examination, FIU College of Law graduates exceeded the statewide average bar passage rate of 58.4 percent by more than 25 percentage points.\u00a0 This follows the July 2015 examination results, where FIU College of Law graduates again scored the highest bar passage rate among Florida\u2019s law schools, exceeded the statewide average by 20 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudent talent and work ethic, along with dedication and outstanding teaching, have come together to bring about this outstanding achievement,\u201d said Dean R. Alexander Acosta.\u00a0\u201cI particularly want to thank Professor Raul Ruiz, Dean Louis Schulze and our alumni mentors whose Academic Excellence Program worked with graduates to ensure that our bar takers were supported fully.\u00a0 Most importantly, thank you to all our graduates who studied long hours to prepare for the bar.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>-FIU-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><u>About FIU College of Law:<\/u><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Florida International University College of Law is South Florida\u2019s publicly supported law school. It is home to a faculty whose productivity and scholarly impact ranks among the highest in Florida. The National Jurist and U.S. News &amp; World Report frequently recognize the student body as being one of the most diverse in the nation. Hispanic Business, similarly, has ranked FIU Law among the top five law schools for Hispanics. Unique among law schools, FIU places particular emphasis on integrating international law into every aspect of its curriculum. For more information about FIU Law, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__fiu.us1.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3Dd13d9ca5483e1889af5c1cd91-26id-3Da4d342c461-26e-3De589a4e5c5&amp;d=AwMFaQ&amp;c=1QsCMERiq7JOmEnKpsSyjg&amp;r=mHYhGeVXZD6YIGFlEqpDag&amp;m=50YYctPcViS-S8o0CfBeCfHo6f9VVikM_e_tX2MJOI4&amp;s=vrv6lngG_yQpfP73CK6-ixkYFcAkIEsWM6wCt0PhBkQ&amp;e=\"><em>http:\/\/law.fiu.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in a row, FIU law graduates have highest Florida Bar passage rate MIAMI (April 12, 2016) \u2013\u00a0 For the second time in a row, FIU College of Law graduates have earned the top bar passage rate in Florida, with 84.6 percent passing the exam that allows them to practice law in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,367],"tags":[225,390,378],"class_list":["post-10453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-network-news","tag-announcements","tag-college-of-law","tag-featured-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14968,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10453\/revisions\/14968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}