The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Empirical Findings: An Updated Report of the Bar Passing Percentages of Years 2005-2009

The following report of descriptive statistics gives the passing percentages of the Bar examination for the Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) for the calendar years of 2005-2009. A Five Year Analysis is given for the entire period, followed by Annual Analysis of the same data. This report is meant to serve as a continual update of the progress of the Law School in its effort to satisfy American Bar Association (ABA) Accreditation standards. Data collection and analysis for this report was described in the original report dated April 12, 2010. No new procedures were included. Statistical analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 17) and all data was reported in its original format. Furthermore, the previous and updated short summaries are included on each data page to further highlight the information given and to specifically address the question of percentage passing rate and percentage of reporting Pass/Fail.