RAISING THE BAR.

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The American Bar Association recently released its two-year bar passage rates report for every accredited U.S. law school, analyzing the percentage of graduates who passed a bar exam within two years of leaving school. The national rate for the class of 2016 was 88.6%. University of Wisconsin Law School, Yale Law School, University of Chicago Law School and Concordia University School of Law had bar passage rates of 100%.

Here's how North Carolina's six law schools compare.

* RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT VALUATIONS (MILLION) (year to date) 19-MAR 18-MAR % CHANGE ASHEVILLE $138.1 $162.7 (15.2) CHARL0TTE/C0NC0RD/GAST0NIA 1,046.9 1,210.6 (13.5) DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL 221.1 214.1 3.2 FAVE7TEVILLE 54.2 38.2 42.0 GREENSBORO/HIGH POINT 122.9 120.6 1.9 RALEIGH/CARY 593.7 735.5 (19.3) WILMINGTON 212.1 103.6 104.6 WINSTON-SALEM 96.0 105.6 (9.1) source: Census Bureau *...