Following up on yesterday’s post on the July 2021 California Bar Exam results for in-state law schools: the state bar has released comparable data for out-of-state law schools. Overall, 52.6% of all applicants passed the California bar exam. Among graduates of ABA-accredited law schools, first-time takers from in-state law schools passed at a higher rate (80.1%) than students from out-of state law schools (75.1%).
Out-of-state law schools with the highest pass rates: Harvard: 98.6% (70 students took the exam) Michigan: 97.7% (44) Chicago: 93.9% (33) BYU: 93.8% (16) Notre Dame: 93.8% (16) NYU: 93.3% (30) Columbia: 93.0% (43) Yale: 92.9% (28) Virginia: 92.6% (27) Duke: 91.7% (24) Northwestern: 91.4% (35) Penn: 87.5% (24) Georgetown: 86.4% (44)
Out-of-state law schools with the lowest pass rates:
American: 28.6% (14 students took the exam) Miami: 54.5% (11) Arizona State: 68.8% (16) George Washington: 67.7% (31)
