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  "description": "Inland Empire Law Weekly extends its congratulations to those who passed.",
  "path": "/44-ieers-pass-state-bar/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T13:34:29.000Z",
  "site": "https://ielaw.news",
  "tags": [
    "Jasmine Marchbanks-Owens",
    "Gabrielle Eshiet",
    "Mehak Verma",
    "Matthew Essien",
    "Esther Esho",
    "Maria Ibrahim",
    "Fereshta Rashidi",
    "Lawrence Oberemok"
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  "textContent": "Forty-four of the 1,483 people who passed the February 2026 California Bar exam are from the Inland Empire.\n\nThe February exam had a 30% pass rate, a decline from the February 2024 bar exam's 33% and the February 2025 exam's 64% pass rate. Thirty-seven percent of the applicants were first-time exam takers. First-time exam takers had a 44% pass rate.\n\nInland Empire Law Weekly extends its congratulations to those who passed:\n\n  * Jasmine Marchbanks-Owens of Rancho Cucamonga. Marchbanks-Owens is currently employed at Hawkins Legal, P.C. Her interest is in civil rights law.\n\n\n\n  * Kimberly Burke of Rancho Cucamonga\n  * Ayesha Patel of Rancho Cucamonga\n  * Kelly Chu of Chino Hills\n  * Onyinye Chukwu of Chino Hills\n  * Jihae Kim of Chino Hills\n  * Muntaha Qadri of Chino Hills\n  * Gabrielle Eshiet of Chino.\n  * Xiayi Li of Chino\n  * Jaymeson Sumilong of Rancho Cucamonga. Sumilong is a Deputy Public Defender for San Bernardino County.\n\n\n\n  * Laura Li of Ontario\n  * Mehak Verma of Ontario\n  * Aliyar Banihashemi of Upland\n  * Victoria Hernandez of Upland\n  * Jessica Scott of Upland\n  * Murooj Tahir of Upland\n  * Ashley Aceves of Apple Valley\n  * Jessica Johnson of Apple Valley\n  * Kory Layton of Apple Valley\n  * Casey Weber of Apple Valley\n\n\n\n  * JoAnne Wicki of Grand Terrace\n  * Fuchsia Dulan of Colton\n  * Matthew Essien of Fontana\n  * Liezl Gabrielle Ludan of Fontana\n\n\n\n  * Esther Esho of Highland\n  * Ambika Davis of Loma Linda\n  * Sara Robinson of Redlands\n  * Aditi Poonia of Redlands\n  * Shijie Xu of San Bernardino\n  * Anthony Jones of San Bernardino\n  * Aishata Bah of Riverside\n  * Steven Alexander of Riverside\n  * Maria Ibrahim of Riverside\n  * Faten Jubran of Riverside\n  * Gabrielle Alvarez of Riverside\n  * Christopher Fults of Riverside\n  * David Weissman of Washington\n  * Makayla Woods of Hemet\n  * Emmanuel Okharedia of Moreno Valley\n  * Paige Walker of Moreno Valley\n  * John Rankin of Murrieta\n  * Fereshta Rashidi of Murrieta\n  * Lawrence Oberemok of Temecula\n  * Melika Taheri of Temecula\n\n",
  "title": "44 IEers pass State Bar",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-17T13:34:31.000Z"
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