The Washington State Bar Association announced that 727 candidates passed the bar exam administered in July. Of the 857 candidates who took the exam, 84.8 percent passed.

Nine students from Kirkland passed, including Alessandra Christine-Bowles Allen, Kathryn Diana Burns, Sarah Cox, Uzma Munir Hamid, Aubrie Hicks, Emily Rose Kelly, Kathryn Louise Ludwick, Angelissa Domenica Savino and Douglas Scott Wacker.

Administered over a two-day period, the bar exam is a substantive law exam that includes multiple choice, essay and performance questions. A separate exam on professional responsibility, and a separate educational component and exam addressing specific areas of Washington law, are also required to qualify for admission.

By comparison, 575 candidates passed the bar exam administered in July 2012. Of the 878 candidates who took the exam, 65.5 percent passed.