The Hardest Bar in the Nation: California Results by Law School for February 2009

I thought it would be interesting to also post the California Non-ABA accredited schools to see how they stack up with the California ABA accredited schools. Yesterday, I posted the results of the California ABA accredited schools.

The California ABA accredited schools had a 53% first time bar pass rate and a 37% repeat-taker bar pass rate.

Out of state ABA accredited schools had a 45% first time bar pass rate and a 33% repeat-taker bar pass rate.

Here are the list of Non-ABA accredited and some non California accredited schools. Surprisingly enough, the correspondence schools seem to have the best bar pass rate of all the non accredited schools. It looks like going to a California ABA accredited school is still your best bet to pass the bar.

It still looks like California holds the title of the hardest bar in the nation.

CALIFORNIA ACCREDITED, NOT ABA APPROVED LAW SCHOOLS

LAW SCHOOL: FIRST TIME: TOOK/PASS/%PASS………………………………REPEATERS: TOOK/PASS/%PASS

California Northern: 0/0/0%-----9/1/11%
Empire College: 3/1/33%-----21/4/19%
Glendale Univ: 2/2/100%-----21/2/10%
Humphreys College: 1/0/0%----9/1/11%
John F. Kennedy Univ: 12/2/17%----39/2/5%
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento: 1/0/0%----27/2/2%
Lincoln Law School of San Jose: 7/2/29%---20/3/15%
Monterey College of Law: 10/4/40%---20/0/0%
New College of California School of Law: 2/0/0%---54/3/6%
San Francisco Law School: 2/0/0%----35/4/11%
San Joaquin College of Law: 1/1/100%----44/12/27%
Santa Barbara College of Law: 13/7/54%-----13/0/0%
Southern California Institute of Law -- Santa Barbara: 0/0/0%---4/1/25%
Southern California Institute of Law – Ventura: 3/0/0%----11/0/0%
Trinity Law School: 21/1/5%----55/3/5%
University of West Los Angeles School of Law - San Fernando Valley: 3/1/33%----14/0/0%
University of West Los Angeles School of Law – West Los Angeles: 17/4/24%---74/10/14%
Ventura College of Law: 12/2/17%-----23/3/13%

Total: 110/27/25%------493/55/11%


CALIFORNIA UNACCREDITED LAW SCHOOLS – CORRESPONDENCE

LAW SCHOOL: FIRST TIME: TOOK/PASS/%PASS………………………………REPEATERS: TOOK/PASS/%PASS

Newport University School of Law: 1/0/0%-----5/0/0%
Northwestern California University: 7/3/43%----21/3/14%
Oak Brook College of Law & Government Policy: 9/5/56%----7/2/29%
Southern California University For Professional Studies: 1/0/0%---3/0/0%
University of Honolulu School of Law: 0/0/0%----1/0/0%
West Coast School of Law: 1/0/0%----5/0/0%
William Howard Taft University: 6/2/33%----13/1/8%

Total: 25/10/40%------55/6/11%


CALIFORNIA UNACCREDITED LAW SCHOOLS – DISTANCE LEARNING

LAW SCHOOL: FIRST TIME: TOOK/PASS/%PASS………………………………REPEATERS: TOOK/PASS/%PASS

Abraham Lincoln Univ: 19/2/11%-------------57/3/5%
Concord Law School: 54/18/33%-------------55/11/20%

Total: 73/20/27%------------112/14/13%


CALIFORNIA UNACCREDITED LAW SCHOOLS – FIXED-FACILITY

LAW SCHOOL: FIRST TIME: TOOK/PASS/%PASS………………………………REPEATERS: TOOK/PASS/%PASS

American College: 0/0/0%-------18/1/6%
California So. Law School: 3/0/0%------26/2/8%
Inland Valley University College of Law: 1/0/0%-------0/0/0%
Irvine University College of Law: 0/0/0%------2/0/0%
John William University School of Law: 0/0/0%-----1/0/0%
Larry H. Layton School of Law: 0/0/0%-------1/0/0%
Pacific Coast University School of Law: 7/0/0%----18/0/0%
Pacific West College of Law: 4/0/0%----10/0/0%
Peoples College of Law: 3/0/0%-----10/1/10%
University of San Luis Obispo School of Law: 2/0/0%----1/0/0%
Northern California Lorenzo Patino School of Law: 2/0/0%----17/0/0%
Western Sierra Law School: 2/0/0%----10/0/0%

Total: 24/0/0%------114/4/4%