California Bar Results for February 2009

The February 2009 California bar results have come in. Here are the statistics. We'll post the different law school statistics are soon as they are posted.



School Type.................................... First-Timers/Repeaters

California ABA ........................................... 53%/37%

Out-of-State ABA........................................ 45%/33%

CA (but not ABA) Accredited........................... 25%/11%

Unaccredited/Fixed Facility............................ 0%/3%

Unacredited:Correspondence/
Distance Learning.........................................31%/12%

All Others ...................................................51%/21%

All Applicants............................................. 47%/26%



The California Bar Examiners' press release indicated that for February 2009 statistics were: 4084 applicants took the bar, 1368 applicants passed and the total percentage passed was 33.5%

Interestingly, as with other state exams, February's bar pass rates were much lower than their July counterparts. In California, July 2008's total percentge passed rate was 61.7%.

Next week, it will be time to discuss why the February 2009 results were much lower than the July 2008 results across the jurisdictions.

Congratulations to the new lawyers in California!! Great job in passing the hardest bar in the nation!