Academic and Bar Exam Success

The USF School of Law offers a variety of services to students to help them succeed in their law school classes and on the bar exam. The Academic and Bar Exam Success Program (ABES) begins for all students on the first day of orientation and ends after students pass the bar exam. During the first year, ABES offers workshops that teach study techniques and exam-taking strategies to help students transition into law school and excel on final exams. ABES also provides bar preparation services to second- and third-year students through a comprehensive programming, grading, feedback, and a suggested bar study schedule to all graduates to supplement their chosen bar preparation company.

82% of USF Law first-time examinees passed the July 2025 California Bar Exam and were sworn into the profession last December.