The July 2009 California bar passage rates by school are out. For first-time takers, the overall pass rates were 70.4% for all takers and 79.3% for graduates of the twenty California ABA-approved law schools.
The results by gender:
- Female: 70.1% overall, 78.6% CA ABA-approved
- Male: 70.8% overall, 79.9% CA ABA-approved
The results by race:
- White: 75.9% overall, 83.2% CA ABA-approved
- Asian: 68.7% overall, 78.8% CA ABA-approved
- Other Minority: 61.6% overall, 74.2% CA ABA-approved
- Hispanic: 59.0% overall, 71.3% CA ABA-approved
- Black: 43.9% overall, 55.8% CA ABA-approved
Here are the results by school for first-time test-takers, along with each school’s U.S. News ranking (California and overall):
Bar Pass
Rank (Rate)
School
US News Rank
CA (Overall)
1 (93.2%)
UC-Berkeley
2 (6)
2 (92.8%)
Stanford
1 (3)
3 (90.8%)
USC
4 (18)
4 (89.1%)
UC-Davis
5 (35)
5 (86.1%)
UC-Hastings
6 (39)
6 (85.7%)
UCLA
3 (15)
7 (85.3%)
Loyola-L.A.
9 (71)
8 (81.9%)
Santa Clara
10 (85)
9 (81.4%)
Cal-Western
Tier 4
10 (81.2%)
San Francisco
11 (98)
11 (81.0%)
Chapman
Tier 3
12 (80.8%)
McGeorge
Tier 3
13 (79.9%)
Pepperdine
7 (55)
79.3%
Statewide Ave. (CA ABA Approved)
14 (78.1%)
San Diego
8 (61)
15 (67.6%
Golden Gate
Tier 4
16 (62.5%)
Southwestern
Tier 3
17 (60.1%)
Whittier
Tier 4
18 (53.0%)
Western State
NR
19 (46.5%)
T. Jefferson
Tier 4
20 (34.0%)
LaVerne
NR
For the July 2008 data, see here.
