King Hall Bar Pass Rate Ranks Fourth in the State

  • by Kevin R. Johnson

The California State Bar has just released the full data set on bar passage rates by school for the July 2014 exam. I am proud to say that the outstanding pass rate posted by our Class of 2014 (85.6%) ranks fourth among ABA-approved law schools in California!

As previously reported, the pass rate on the exam for first time takers who graduated from California ABA approved law schools was 69.4%. The overall passage rate for first time takers was 61.4%.

The pass rates for the Golden State's ABA-approved law schools are listed below.

  1. UC Berkeley (88.3%)
  2. Stanford (87.6%)
  3. USC (86.6%)
  4. UC Davis (85.6%)
  5. UCLA (81.7%)
  6. Loyola L.A. (79.9%)
  7. Pepperdine (77.7%)
  8. UC Irvine (77.1%)
  9. Chapman (74.8%)
  10. University of San Diego (72.7%)
  11. California Western (71.3%)
  12. UC-Hastings (68.3%)
  13. La Verne (65.5%)
  14. University of San Francisco (61.4%)
  15. McGeorge (60.5%)
  16. Santa Clara (60.4%)
  17. Western State (58.8%)
  18. Southwestern (54.4%)
  19. Thomas Jefferson (44.7%)
  20. Golden Gate (43.8%)
  21. Whittier (42.7%)

Congratulations again to the Class of 2014! And special thanks to Chris Ide-Don, who has redefined our academic support program, and Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Hollis Kulwin for her leadership in those efforts.