The national first-time pass rate for white J.D. graduates who took the bar exam in 2021 was 85%—24 percentage points higher than the 61% first-time pass rate among Black law graduates ...

Utah had the highest statewide first-time pass rate in 2021 at nearly 90%, followed by New York at 86% and Washington at almost 83%. Puerto Rico posted the lowest first-time pass rate at nearly 34%.