1,744 Pass the Bar Exam This Year... Pass Rate at 52.28%

3,336 Applicants
One Fewer Than Last Year

This year, 1,744 candidates passed the Bar Examination.

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On April 24, the Ministry of Justice announced that, after considering the opinions of the Bar Examination Management Committee, the Supreme Court, the Korean Bar Association, and the Law School Association, it had decided to pass 1,744 candidates who scored at least 880.1 points out of 3,336 applicants for the 14th Bar Examination.

This is one fewer than last year's number of successful candidates (1,745), maintaining a similar level. The pass rate was 52.28%, which is also similar to last year's 53.0%.

Among the candidates, the pass rate for this year's law school master's degree graduates (14th cohort), known as the "first-time takers," was 74.78%. Compared to the law school admission quota (2,000), the pass rate was 87.2%.

The final cumulative pass rate for candidates who used all five attempts within five years after graduation was recorded at 88.29%.

The Ministry of Justice stated that, as in the previous year, two candidates were caught possessing or using mobile phones or so-called "cheat sheets," resulting in the invalidation of their exams and a five-year ban from taking the test. The Ministry of Justice plans to strengthen the procedure for checking candidates' belongings and to revise the Enforcement Decree of the Bar Examination Act so that simply possessing a mobile phone or refusing to comply with exam supervisors' instructions to check or submit belongings will also be considered cheating.

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