July 2011 California Bar Exam Results

The July 2011 California bar passage rates by school are out. Here are the results 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 (91.1%)	USC	4 (18)
2 (88.9%)	Stanford	1 (3)
3 (86.9%)	UC-Berkeley	2 (9)
4 (86.3%)	Pepperdine	7 (54)
5 (84.9%)	UCLA	3 (16)
6 (83.9%)	Loyola-L.A.	7 (54)
7 (79.7%)	UC-Hastings	6 (42)
8 (79.2%)	Chapman	13 (104)
9 (78.8%)	Cal-Western	Tier 2
10 (77.5%)	Western State	Tier 2
11 (76.4%)	Santa Clara	10 (84)
12 (76.2%)	San Diego	9 (67)
76.2%	Statewide Ave. (CA ABA-Approved)
13 (74.4%)	UC-Davis	5 (23)
14 (74.2%)	San Francisco	11 (100)
15 (68.9%)	McGeorge	11 (100)
16 (65.8%)	Golden Gate	Tier 2
17 (64.2%)	Southwestern	14 (121)
18 (56.3%)	LaVerne	Not Ranked
19 (55.6%)	Whittier	Tier 2
20 (33.3%)	T. Jefferson	Tier 2

• July 2010 Results
• July 2009 Results
• July 2008 Results

Update:  Dan Filler (Drexel) blogs the July 2011 California bar results for out-of-state law schools, including the disquieting news that three schools had pass rates of 10% or less:

• 0%:  Dickinson (0 of 6)
• 5%:  Thomas Cooley (1 of 20)
• 10%:  Suffolk (1 of 10)