St. Mary

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Out of 188 St. Mary’s students who took the bar exam in 164 passed it on theirfirst try. This is St. Mary’s highest bar passage rate in 17 years. The accomplishmengt reflects the level of investmen on the part of theLaw School, the faculty and ultimatelh the students, school officials say. Graduatews must pass the bar exam to practicre lawin Texas. “Ar St. Mary’s our facultyy gives our law students the academic foundatio n they need to prepare for thebar exam,” says Law Dean Charlez E. Cantu. “However, in the end the students are the ones who are responsible forthis success. They’ve worked very hard and we are prouedof them.
” Cantu attributed the higher bar passage rate to high admission a more stringent grading system, summer skills sharpeningv classes and bar preparation courses partially funded by law school Minority enrollment in the law program currently standws at 36 percent, Cantu making St. Mary’s the second-highest law schoo l in the state forminority St. Mary’s is a private, Catholic Marianist universityt inSan Antonio. • , 94 • , 93 percent; • , 92 • University of Texaas at Austin, 90 percent; • South Texasw School of Law, 89.6 • St. Mary’s, 87 percent; • , 85.6 • , 77.1 percent; , 59.7 percent.