Oyez!

The N.C. Board of Law Examiners has released its statistical breakdown of how graduates of the state’s seven law schools fared on the July 2010 exam.

The University of North Carolina (my alma mater) came out on top with more than 90 percent of its alums making the grade – besting rival Duke University by 7 percentage points. To be fair, UNC fielded far more test-takers than did Duke, making Carolina’s statistical pool larger.

Also noteworthy was the Charlotte School of Law’s showing. The newcomer improved its pass rate to 82.3 percent, up over 67.3 in 2009. That was good enough for a fourth-place finish, just a few tenths of a percentage point below Campbell University.

The state’s other recent startup, Elon University, mustered a 79.5 percent pass rate.

Check out the statistics below and a full analysis in the next issue of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

 School                                     Total percent passing

 UNC                                                   90.3

(first-timers: 71.5 percent; repeaters: 57.1 percent)

Duke                                                   83.3

(first-timers: 89.3 percent; repeaters: 0 percent)

Campbell                                            82.9

(first-timers: 84.4 percent; repeaters: 50 percent)

Charlotte                                            82.3

(first-timers: 86.8 percent; repeaters: 55.5 percent)

Wake Forest                                       81.8

(first-timers: 85.5 percent; repeaters: 20 percent)

 Elon                                                    79.5

(first-timers: 79  percent; repeaters: 100 percent)

 N.C. Central                                       66.2

(first-timers: 71.5 percent; repeaters: 36.3 percent)

- By GREGORY FROOM, Managing Editor