Historic Release Dates

This is a list of the Score release dates for the US Bar Exam. Records begin February 2016.

We lost track during the madness that was COVID-19 due to personal circumstances, but we are back to our usual work as of the July 2022 exam.

*Please note that this is not intended for reliance. States can (and often do) change their release dates. Call your State Bar Association if you need an exact date for the current exam. This is just to give bar examinees an idea of when results MIGHT come out based on past trends.

Bar Results (Links)

Alabama

Year	February	July
2016	April 29 (Friday)	September 23 (Friday)
2017	April 21 (Friday)	September 22 (Friday
2018	April 27 (Friday)	September 21 (Friday)
2019	April 19 (Friday)	September 20 (Friday)
2020	April 17 (Friday)
2021		September 24 (Friday)
2022	April 29 (Friday)	September 23 (Friday)

Alaska

Year	February	July
2016		October 26 (Wednesday)
2017	May 10 (Wednesday)	October 25 (Wednesday)
2018		October 24 (Wednesday)
2019		October 24 (Thursday)
2020	Early May
2021		October 29 (Friday)
2022	May 6 (Friday)	October 24 (Monday)

Arizona

Year	February	July
2016	May 13 (Friday)	October 14 (Friday)
2017	May 12 (Friday)	October 13 (Friday)
2018	May 11 (Friday)	October 12 (Friday)
2019	May 10 (Friday)	October 11 (Friday)
2020	May 8 (Friday)	October 9 (Friday)
2021	May 14 (Friday)	October 8 (Friday)
2022	May 13 (Friday)	October 14 (Friday)

Arizona typically releases on the 2nd Friday of May and October

Arkansas

Year	February	July
2016	April 4 (Monday)	September 6 (Tuesday)
2017	April 3 (Monday)	September 1 (Friday)
2018	April 8 (Monday)	September 4 (Tuesday)
2019	Between April 15 – 20	September 9 (Monday)
2020	April 6 (Monday)	September 4 (Friday)
2021		September 1 (Wednesday)
2022	March 31 (Thursday)	September 8 (Thursday)

California

Year	February	July
2016	Online May 13 (Friday) \| Mailed May 20	November 18 (Friday)
2017	May 12 (Friday)	On Accounts November 17
2018	May 18 (Friday)	On Accounts November 16
2019	May 17 (Friday)	On Accounts November 15
2020	May 8 (Friday)
2021		November 12 (Friday)
2022	May 6 (Friday)	November 10 (Thursday)

Colorado

Year	February	July
2016	On Accounts May 5 \| Online May 6	October 6 (Thursday)
2017	May 4 (Thursday)	October 5 (Thursday)
2018	May 3 (Thursday)	October 4 (Thursday)
2019	May 2 (Thursday)	October 3 (Thursday)
2020	April 9 (Thursday)
2021		October 7 (Thursday)
2022	April 28 (Thursday)	October 6 (Thursday)

Connecticut

Year	February	July
2016	May 6 (Friday)	September 30 (Friday)
2017	May 5 (Friday)	September 29 (Friday)
2018	May 4 (Friday)	September 28 (Friday)
2019	April 26 (Friday)	September 27 (Friday)
2020	April 24 (Friday)
2021		September 24 (Friday)
2022	April 22 (Friday)	September 30 (Friday)

Delaware

Year	February	July
2016	No Exam	October 6 (Thursday)
2017	No Exam	October 5 (Thursday)
2018	No Exam	October 4 (Thursday)
2019	No Exam	October 3 (Thursday)
2020	No Exam	No Exam
2021	No Exam	October 22 (Friday)
2022	No Exam	October 6 (Thursday)

Florida

Year	February	July
2016	April 11 (Monday)	September 19 (Monday)
2017	April 10 (Monday)	September 18 (Monday)
2018	April 16 (Monday)	September 17 (Monday)
2019	April 15 (Monday)	September 16 (Monday)
2020	April 13 (Monday)
2021		September 20 (Monday)
2022	April 11 (Monday)	September 19 (Monday)

Georgia

Year	February	July
2016	May 27 (Friday)	October 28 (Friday)
2017	May 19 (Friday)	October 27 (Friday)
2018	May 18 (Friday)	October 26 (Friday)
2019	May 17 (Friday)	October 25 (Friday)
2020	May 22 (Friday)
2021		October 22 (Friday)
2022	May 20 (Friday)	October 21 (Friday)

Hawaii

Year	February	July
2016	May 3	October 5
2017	May 1	October 4
2018	Between May 9 – 10	October 4
2019	May 1	October4
2020	May 5
2021
2022	April 26 (Tuesday)	October 21 (Friday)

Idaho

Year	February	July
2016	April 14 (Thursday)	September 15 (Thursday)
2017	April 12 (Thursday)	September 13 (Wednesday)
2018	April 11 (Wednesday)	September 12 (Wednesday)
2019	April 10 (Wednesday)	September 11 (Wednesday)
2020	April 21 (Tuesday)	September 16 (Wednesday)
2021		September 15 (Wednesday)
2022	April 13 (Wednesday)	September 14 (Wednesday)

Illinois

Year	February	July
2016	April 1 (Friday)	September 30 (Friday)
2017	March 31 (Friday)	September 29 (Friday)
2018	April 2 (Monday)	September 29 (Saturday)
2019	April 1 (Monday)	October 1 (Tuesday)
2020	April 3 (Friday)
2021		October 7 (Thursday)
2022	April 1 (Friday)	September 30 (Friday)

Indiana

Year	February	July
2016	On Accounts April 8 \| Online April 11	On Accounts September 7 \| Online September 12
2017	On Accounts April 13 \| Online April 17	On Accounts September 11 \| Online September 15
2018	April 9 (Monday)	September 6 (Thursday)
2019	April 8 (Monday)	September 9 (Monday)
2020	April 6 (Monday)	September 16 (Wednesday)
2021		September 20 (Monday)
2022	April 4 (Monday)	September 23 (Friday)

Iowa

Year	February	July
2016	April 21 (Thursday)	September 15 (Thursday)
2017	March 30 (Thursday)	September 15 (Friday)
2018		September 13 (Thursday)
2019	April 18 (Friday)	September 12 (Thursday)
2020	April 16 (Thursday)	September 11 (Friday)
2021		September 9 (Thursday)
2022	April 8 (Friday)	September 2 (Friday)

Kansas

Year	February	July
2016	April 1 (Friday)	September 2 (Friday)
2017	March 31 (Friday)	September 1 (Friday)
2018	April 9 (Friday)	September 7 (Friday)
2019	April 5 (Friday)	September 6 (Friday)
2020	April 3 (Friday)
2021
2022	April 5 (Tuesday)	September 6 (Tuesday)

Kentucky

Year	February	July
2016	April 8 (Friday)	September 26 (Friday)
2017	April 1 (Friday)	September 29 (Friday)
2018	April 6 (Friday)	September 28 (Friday)
2019	April 5 (Friday)	September 27 (Friday)
2020	April 3 (Friday)
2021		November 19 (Friday)
2022	April 1 (Friday)	September 30 (Friday)

Louisiana

Year	February	July
2016	Mailed April 28 (Thursday) \| Online April 29	October 6 (Thursday)
2017	April 27 (Thursday)	Mailed October 5 (Thursday) \| Online October 6
2018	Mailed April 26 (Thursday) \| Online April 27	October 5 (Friday)
2019	Mailed April 25 (Thursday) \| Online April 26	Mailed October 3 (Thursday) \| Online October 4
2020	April 24 (Thursday)
2021		November 1 (Monday)
2022	On Accounts April 22 (Friday)	October 7 (Friday)

Maine

Year	February	July
2016	April 28 – 29 (By #) \| May 2 (By Name)	September 19
2017	April 13 (By #) \| April 17 (By Name)
2018		September 12
2019	April 9 (By #) \| April 16 (By Name)	September 16
2020	April 16
2021		September 16 (Thursday)
2022	April 14 (Thursday)	September 22 (Thursday)

Maryland

Year	February	July
2016	May 6 (Friday)	November 4 (Friday)
2017	May 5 (Friday)	November 3 (Friday)
2018	May 4 (Friday)	November 2 (Friday)
2019	April 12 (Friday)	November 1 (Friday)
2020	April 24 (Friday)
2021		November 18 (Friday)
2022	May 6 (Friday)	October 21 (Friday)

Massachusetts

Year	February	July
2016	April 25	October 14
2017	Mailed April 19 \| Online April 21	October 11
2018	April 26	October 24
2019	April 26	Mailed October 24 \| Online October 28
2020	April 27
2021		November 9 (Tuesday)
2022	April 28 (Thursday)	October 24 (Monday)

Michigan

Year	February	July
2016	May 12	October 14
2017	May 9	October 17
2018	May 14	October 17
2019	April 25
2020	April 24
2021
2022	Mailed May 12 \| Online May 20

Minnesota

Year	February	July
2016	April 19	October 10
2017	April 14	Mailed October 8 \| Online October 26
2018	April 16	October 8
2019	April 22	October 7
2020	April 20	October 3
2021		October 4 (Monday)
2022	April 14 (Thursday)	October 3 (Monday)

Mississippi

Year	February	July
2016	April 19	September 13
2017	April 14	September 13
2018	May 3	September 13
2019	April 11	September 13
2020	April 10	September 11
2021		September 9 (Thursday)
2022		September 22 (Thursday)

Missouri

Year	February	July
2016	April 12	September 14 (Wednesday)
2017	April 14	September 13 (Wednesday)
2018	April 18 (Wednesday)	September 12 (Wednesday)
2019	April 17 (Wednesday)	September 18 (Wednesday)
2020	April 15	September 16 (Wednesday)
2021		September 15 (Wednesday)
2022	April 13 (Wednesday)	September 14 (Wednesday)
2023	April 12 (Wednesday)

Montana

Year	February	July
2016	April 8 or 9	September 16
2017	Mailed April 10 \| Online April 14	Mailed September 11 \| Online September 15
2018	Mailed April 9 \| Online April 13	Mailed September 17 \| Online September 21
2019	April 10	Mailed September 16 \| Online September 20
2020	Mailed April 6 \| Online April 10	September 18
2021		September 17 (Friday)
2022	April 12 (Tuesday)	Mailed September 12 \| Online September 19

Nebraska

Year	February	July
2016	April 8	September 13
2017	April 3	September 27
2018	April 26	September 27
2019
2020	May 1
2021		September 8 (Wednesday)
2022	April 1 (Friday)	September 12 (Monday)

Nevada

Year	February	July
2016	May 4 (Wednesday)	October 12 (Wednesday)
2017	May 17 (Wednesday)	October 11 (Wednesday)
2018	May 9 (Wednesday)	October 11 (Wednesday)
2019	May 9 (Wednesday)	October 9 (Wednesday)
2020	May 9 (Wednesday)
2021		October 8 (Friday)
2022		October 7 (Friday)

New Hampshire

Year	February	July
2016	April 29 (Friday)	September 30 (Friday)
2017	April 28 (Friday)	September 29 (Friday)
2018		September 28 (Friday)
2019	April 26 (Friday)	September 27 (Friday)
2020	April 24 (Friday)
2021		November 17 (Wednesday)
2022		September 30 (Friday)

New Jersey

Year	February	July
2016	May 4	October 18
2017	May 4	October 13
2018	May 4	October 12
2019	May 10	October 11
2020	May 8
2021		November 15 (Monday)
2022	May 11 (Wednesday)	October 7 (Friday)

New Mexico

Year	February	July
2016	April 8	September 7 or 8
2017	April 5	September 13
2018	Mid- April	September 6
2019	April 5
2020	April 3
2021		September 3 (Friday)
2022	April 4 (Monday)	September 9 (Friday)

New York

Year	February	July
2016	April 26	October 28
2017	April 26 (Emailed) \| April 27 (Online)	October 24
2018	April 25	October 23
2019	April 24	October 23
2020	April 24
2021		October 28 (Thursday)
2022	April 13 (Wednesday)	October 20 (Thursday)

North Carolina

Year	February	July
2016	March 28 (First Results by Letter received 3/30; Online 4/1)	August 26 (First Results by letter received 8/29; Online 8/31)
2017	March 27 (First Results by Letter received 3/29; Online 4/3)	August 28 (First Results by letter received 8/29; Online 9/8)
2018	April 2 (First Results by Letter received 4/5)	August 27 (First Results by letter received 8/29; Online 9/7)
2019	April 12, 2019	September 13
2020		August 31
2021		September 14 (Tuesday)
2022	March 28 (Monday)	On Accounts September 1 (Thursday); Online September 8

North Dakota

Year	February	July
2016		September 9
2017	March 31	September 1
2018
2019		September 13
2020		September 8
2021		September 8 (Wednesday)
2022	April 5 (Tuesday)	September 13 (Tuesday)

Ohio

Year	February	July
2016	April 22 (Friday)	October 28 (Friday)
2017	April 28 (Friday)	October 27 (Friday)
2018	April 27 (Friday)	October 26 (Friday)
2019	April 26 (Friday)	October 25 (Friday)
2020	May 1 (Monday)
2021		October 22 (Friday)
2022	April 29 (Friday)	October 28 (Friday)

Oklahoma

Year	February	July
2016	April 1	September 1
2017	April 1	September 8
2018	April 6	September 7
2019	April 5	September 6
2020	April 3 or 4	September 3
2021		September 14 (Tuesday)
2022	April 1 (Friday)	September 9 (Friday)

Oregon

Year	February	July
2016	April 8 (Friday)	September 16 (Friday)
2017	April 21 (Friday)	September 22 (Friday)
2018	April 20 (Friday)	September 21 (Friday)
2019	April 26 (Friday)	September 27 (Friday)
2020	April 24 (Friday)	September 25 (Friday)
2021		September 24 (Friday)
2022		September 23 (Friday)

Pennsylvania

Year	February	July
2016	April 8 (Friday)	October 9 (Friday)
2017	April 1 (Sunday)	October 6 (Friday)
2018	April 13 (Friday)	October 5 (Friday)
2019	April 12 (Friday)	October 11 (Friday)
2020	April 9 (Thursday)
2021		October 15 (Friday)
2022	April 8 (Friday)	October 7 (Friday)

Rhode Island

Year	February	July
2016	May 13 (Friday)	November 4 (Friday)
2017	May 19 (Friday)	November 3 (Friday)
2018	May 11 (Friday)	November 5 (Monday)
2019
2020	May 8 (Friday)
2021		November 8 (Monday)
2022	May 6 (Friday)	November 4 (Friday)

South Carolina

Year	February	July
2016	April 22 (Friday)	October 21 (Friday)
2017	April 28 (Friday)	October 27 (Friday)
2018	April 21 (Friday)	October 26 (Friday)
2019	April 19 (Friday)	October 11 (Friday)
2020	April 17 (Friday)
2021	April 23 (Friday)	October 15 (Friday)
2022	April 22 (Friday)	October 21 (Friday)

South Dakota

Year	February	July
2016		September 16
2017		September 14
2018		September 6
2019
2020
2021		September 2 (Thursday)
2022		September 15 (Thursday)

Tennessee

Year	February	July
2016	April 8 (Friday)	October 7 (Friday)
2017	April 6 (Thursday)	October 6 (Friday)
2018	April 12 (Thursday)	October 6 (Friday)
2019	April 12 (Friday)	October 4 (Friday)
2020	April 13 (Monday)
2021		October 29 (Friday)
2022	April 8 (Friday)	October 10 (Monday)

Texas

Year	February	July
2016	May 2	November 4
2017	April 29	November 2
2018	May 4	November 7
2019	April 26	October 25
2020	April 24
2021		October 15 (Friday)
2022	April 15 (Friday)	October 12 (Wednesday)

Utah

Year	February	July
2016	April 8
2017	April 13	September 8
2018	April 12	September 14
2019
2020	April 13
2021		September 20 (Monday)
2022	April 13 (Wednesday)	September 15 (Thursday)

Vermont

Year	February	July
2016	April 15	September 20
2017	April 21	September 14
2018	April 16	September 7
2019	April 15	September 23
2020	April 17
2021		September 20 (Monday)
2022	April 11 (Monday)	September 20 (Tuesday)

Virginia

Year	February	July
2016	April 22 (Friday)	October 21 (Friday)
2017	April 14 (Friday)	October 27 (Friday)
2018	April 13 (Friday)	October 19 (Friday)
2019	April 12 (Friday)	October 18 (Friday)
2020	April 17 (Friday)
2021		October 15 (Friday)
2022	April 22 (Friday)	October 14 (Friday)

Washington

Year	February	July
2016	April 8 (Friday)	September 11 (Sunday)
2017	April 14 (On Accounts) \| Online April 15 (Friday)	September 8 (Friday)
2018	April 13 (Friday)	September 15 (Saturday)
2019	April 13 (Saturday)	September 13 (Friday)
2020	April 10 (Friday)
2021		September 11 (Saturday)
2022	April 8 (Friday)	September 9 (On Accounts) \| September 10 (Public) (Saturday)

Washington, District of Colombia

Year	February	July
2016	May 6 (Friday)	November 1 (Friday)
2017	May 12 (Friday)	October 26 (Thursday)
2018	May 16 (Wednesday)	November 9 (Friday)
2019	Email May 20 \| Online May 23	Email October 24 (Thursday) \| Online October 30
2020
2021	May 21 (Friday)	November 2 (Tuesday)
2022	May 3 (Tuesday)	October 14 (Friday) \| Online October 18

West Virginia

Year	February	July
2016	April 1	September 1
2017	Mailed March 31 \| Online April 1	Mailed August 31 \| Online September 1
2018	April 6	Mailed September 4
2019	April 3 (Wednesday)	September 5
2020	April 9 (Thursday)	September 4
2021		September 3 (Friday)
2022	March 29 (Tuesday)	August 29 (Monday)

Wisconsin

Year	February	July
2016		September 1
2017		August 30
2018
2019
2020
2021		September 1 (Wednesday)
2022	March 30 (Wednesday)	August 31 (Wednesday)

Wyoming

Year	February	July
2016		August 31
2017	April 14	September 7
2018		September 4
2019	April 12	September 13
2020	April 17	September 16
2021		September 13 (Monday)
2022	April 11 (Monday)	September 26 (Monday)