July 2024 Bar Exam Ohio Bar. The nexgen bar exam, set for first administration in july 2026, will test an expanded set of essential lawyering skills alongside a more focused range of legal topics. Passing the ohio bar exam is an essential part of being admitted into the state’s bar and beginning a successful career practicing law.

More than 700 recent law school graduates passed the july bar exam. The regular deadline for the february 2025 exam is november 1, 2024.