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The Massachusetts School of Law is a law school located in Andover, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1988 and claims that its design and curriculum were influenced by the medical school educational model and legal scholars
MSLAW focuses on professional skills training and its advocacy program has won awards at national advocacy competitions. The National Jurist’s PreLaw Magazine recognized MSLAW for its effectiveness at experiential training.
MSLAW graduates have the lowest bar passage rate of any law school in the state of Massachusetts in the two most recent bar exams. 36.9% of its graduates who took the February 2014 MA bar exam passed compared to a state average of 72%. For the July 2013 bar exam, 37.9% of MSL graduates who took the MA bar exam passed, compared to a state average of 84%. Bar passage rates will vary from time to time. In 25 years, fully 82% of MSLAW graduates who have taken the Massachusetts bar exam have ultimately passed it, with most graduates passing the bar examination on the first or second administration of that examination.
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