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Court News Ohio

195 Pass the February Bar Exam

The Ohio Supreme Court today released the results of the February 2018 Ohio Bar Examination, which was administered in Columbus on Feb. 27-March 1.

Of the 374 applicants who sat for the exam, 195 – or 52.1 percent – received passing scores.

Among the 147 first-time applications,  67 percent received passing scores.

A complete list of names of the successful applicants can be found on the Supreme Court’s bar exam results page.

Applicants who were successful on the exam and who have satisfied all of the Supreme Court’s other requirements for admission to the Ohio bar will be invited to take the attorney oath of office during a special public session of the Supreme Court on May 7. The oath will be administered at 2 p.m. at the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., Columbus.

Article IV, Section 2(B) (1)(g) of the Ohio Constitution grants the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction to regulate admission to the practice of law in Ohio. The Court’s Office of Bar Admissions oversees the admissions process.

Ohio’s next bar exam will be conducted July 24-26 at the Roberts Centre, 123 Gano Road, Wilmington, Ohio. Learn more about the bar exam on the Supreme Court’s bar examination page.