The passage rate for the Pennsylvania bar exam’s February test saw only a slight, 1 percent, improvement year over year, still hovering around 60 percent.

The more dramatic results came in the changes to passage rates for graduates of area law schools who were taking the test for the first time. The overall results had at least one local dean reaching out to soon-to-be grads who will sit for the July exam to warn them of the importance of studying for the bar.