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Can AI pass the bar exam?

By Council Research TeamUpdated: Jan 27, 2026

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Yes. GPT-4 passed the bar exam in the 90th percentile. Claude performs similarly.

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GPT-4 passed the Uniform Bar Exam in approximately the 90th percentile of test-takers. Claude and Gemini show comparable performance on legal reasoning tests. However, passing an exam is different from practicing law—AI lacks judgment, ethics training, and attorney-client privilege protections. AI is a powerful legal research tool, not a lawyer.

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