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July 2008 California Bar Results, by School

Paul Caron

The July 2008 California bar passage rates by school are out.  For first-time takers, the overall pass rates were 74.8% for all takers and 83.2% for graduates of the twenty California ABA-approved law schools.

The results by gender:

  • Female:  75.4% overall, 83.6% CA ABA-approved
  • Male:  74.3% overall, 82.4% CA ABA-approved

The results by race:

  • White:  79.5% overall, 86.6% CA ABA-approved
  • Asian:  71.1% overall, 80.1% CA ABA-approved
  • Hispanic:  64.4% overall, 76.3% CA ABA-approved
  • Other Minority:  64.5% overall, 73.5% CA ABA-approved
  • Black:  52.7% overall, 68.4% CA ABA-approved

The results by school (along with U.S. News rank) [click on chart to enlarge]:

CA Bar Pass

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Paul Caron
Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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