One of Emily Hughes’ first memories after entering law school at the University of Cincinnati in 2017 is an assistant dean scrawling “July 28-29, 2020” across a chalkboard. “Does anyone know what these dates are?” he asked. One student hummed ...

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The number of people taking and passing the Missouri bar is up 10 percent from 2010.

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The Missouri Board of Law Examiners released figures on Wednesday for the smallest group of February bar exam takers in recent memory. However, the percentage of successful takers remained on par with results from previous February tests. In total, 205 of the 269 people who took the test passed, a rate of 76 percent. In February 2008, about 74 percent of takers passed. Kellie Early (pictured), executive director of the Missouri Board of Law Examiners, says results of February’s bar exams are similar to those of past years.

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