More than 260 test takers sat for the February 2023 bar exam and 125 passed, a 47% pass rate. Lawyers who passed the exam are eligible to join the bar after paying applicable license fees and registering for and attending a mandatory admission ceremony scheduled for May 22.
Both in-state law schools, who recently reported school enrollment statistics to Law Week, had fewer first-time test takers pass this year compared to the February 2022 bar exam. Pass rates for repeat test takers from both schools were up.
University of Colorado Law School first-time examinees passed the February bar at a rate of 38%, while 50% of repeat test takers from the school passed. For first-time test takers from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 55% passed, and of repeat examinees, 53% passed. Examinees designated as “Other ABA” who took the bar in February totaled 151, and, of those, 37% of first-time examinees (64) passed and 62% of repeat test takers (87) passed. The state bar exam saw 13 examinees categorized as “Foreign Educated/Non-ABA,” and, of those, none passed.
February’s cohort was the first group of test takers with a lower bar pass score of 270 (compared to 276) after the Colorado Supreme Court in November 2022 announced it would lower the minimum score.
Congratulations to all the new Colorado attorneys who passed the February bar.
| ADGATE, AUDREY O’NEIL | COUGHLIN, THOMAS MACE | KENNEDY, DANIEL JOSEPH | RODWELL, DEREK |
| ALVERO KOSKI, ALICIA MEGAN | DAVIS, LAUREN NICHOLE | KEYES, COURTNEY LEIGH | SANDERS, CHRISTI A |
| ANDRE-VANDENBERG, CHELSEA RENEE | DEHOEK, ALISON MARIE | KILLION, COLE HETTINGER | SANFORD, SHANE MICHAEL |
| ARNOLD, MATTHEW TOBIN | DERECHIN, ABBEY | KLODE, EMILY SUZANNE | SANTAULARIA, JOSEPH EARL |
| ARY, ELIZABETH ANN | DINZES, JERRY GARCIA JOSEPH | KWITEK, JACOB MARK | SCHMALZEL, KATRYN EMMA |
| ATKINSON, ALEXANDER KANIS | DOODY, JULIA CLAIRE | LANDERS, TINA LEILANI | SCHOCK, MEKAYLA JOY |
| AYOUB, LAUREN MAUREEN | DURIC, ALEKSANDAR | LARSON, SKYLAR MADISON | SEBASTIAN, AARON JACOB |
| BAILEY, ERICH WEBB | DYER, RACHEL ERIN | MARSH, MCKENZIE LYN | SEQUEIRA, DANIEL JAMES |
| BARBER, MORGAN FAY | ENCINIAS , EDWARD ANTHONY | MARTIN, JILLIAN MARIE | SEWARD, HENRY EARNEST |
| BARRACK, MATTHEW NATHAN | EZE, UCHECHUKWU NNAEMEKA | MARTINEZ, ROSALINE DEANNE | SHERRY, JOHN WILLIAM |
| BAXTER, AUSTIN JAMES | FALLIN, HALEY ELIZABETH | MCLEOD, RUTH ALBERT | SISSUNG, CASSIDY RAE |
| BEAHL, LAUREN | FROJEN, EMELIE ANN | MCREYNOLDS, GREGG CLYDE | SMITH, ELIZABETH HOLLAND |
| BEERENS, WINONA TAYLOR | GARBER, SARAH ELIZABETH | MEADOR, DANIEL CHRISTIAN | SMITH, NATHANIEL JAY |
| BENNETT, SIERRA RHIAN | GARNER, BLAKE LOFLIN | MERRITT, BRYTON ALEXANDRE | SOARES, DYLAN PAUL |
| BEVERS, HANNAH JORDAN | GIUBLIN, MARCELLA | METCALF, DOUGLAS GEORGE | SPEAR, RYAN ADAM |
| BIAZAR, BAYAN | GOWAN, HARRISON TAYLOR | MILEWSKI, ELIZABETH KAYE | STALEY, HADLEY ROSE |
| BJORKLUND, KALEI ANN | GREENE, ALEXANDRA GAYLE | MILLER, JEFFREY EMMET | STEUBER, MADDISON PAIGE |
| BOLDT, NATALIE CHRISTINE | GRIFFITH, KELSIE JO | MOTLAGH, NINA MAMAGHANI | SWEATT, JOHN MICHAEL |
| BOWDEN, BAILEY ANN | HANCOCK, ASHLIE KAYLENE W | MUELLER, ELLEN MICHELLE | TANCREDI, MIRKO ROBERT |
| BOWLEY, NICOLI ROSE | HARDEN, SAMUEL ALAN | NGUYEN, PHUOC HUU | THAYN, LORENZO |
| BRANDT, CARDON CHRISTOPHER | HARDY, MICAH GREENWOOD | OSA-AKENZUA, EFOSA OLANREWAJU | TOBIN, BRETT WILLIAM |
| BRAUN, MADELYN MAE | HARVEY, DUSTIN NICHOLAS | PACHECO MYERS, DOUGLAS ALAN | TOUFF, KATHERINE HERMINE |
| BRICKEY, SARAH | HEIDE, RIVER RENEE CALKIN | PALMISANO, RICKI ELIZABETH | VILLANUEVA, STEPHEN RONALD |
| BROWN, ANNE-MARIE STELLA | HILL, GRAHAM GEORGE | PARK, BRANDI NICOLE | VIOR ESPALTER, LILIANA DE LA CARIDAD |
| BRUSSEAU, SARAH ANN | HINRICKS, BREANNA KEY | PARREIRA, NICOLE WHITNEY | WALSH, ELIZABETH MARIE |
| BUCKNAM, ROBERT JAMES | HOGAN, SARAH BETH | RAFFERTY, BRYCE JOHN | WALTON, RACHEL ELIZABETH |
| CARVER, GENNA SHEA | HOSSAIN, ISHTIAQUE | RANDEV, MANPREET KAUR | WAY, MARISA CLAIRE |
| CASTRO, JOSHUA ALEJANDRO | HUTCHERSON, JACOB AMAZIAH | RAYMOND, PAUL JASON | WEISS, ZACHARY JOSEPH |
| CHADHA, ZUBIN | JACOBS, PETER LAWRENCE | RICHARD, KENNETH LEE | WICHMAN, BENJAMIN DAVID |
| CHAVEZ JAIME, ILIANA JUDITH | JOHNSON, MARGARET LAURA | ROBERTS, WILLIAM CLAY | WINFUL, OLUWAYEMISI ONYIYECHUKWU |
| CHUKKAPALLI, DENESH KUMAR | JOHNSON, MICHIE LEE | ROBERTSON, ALEXANDRA LEE | WOODWARD, ERIK TRISTAN |
| WORKMAN, CHRISTIAN SAMUEL |