July 2009 California Bar Exam Results

The July 2009 California bar passage rates by school are out. For first-time takers, the overall pass rates were 70.4% for all takers and 79.3% for graduates of the twenty California ABA-approved law schools.

The results by gender:

• Female: 70.1% overall, 78.6% CA ABA-approved
• Male: 70.8% overall, 79.9% CA ABA-approved

The results by race:

• White: 75.9% overall, 83.2% CA ABA-approved
• Asian: 68.7% overall, 78.8% CA ABA-approved
• Other Minority: 61.6% overall, 74.2% CA ABA-approved
• Hispanic: 59.0% overall, 71.3% CA ABA-approved
• Black: 43.9% overall, 55.8% CA ABA-approved

Here are the results by school 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 (93.2%)	UC-Berkeley	2 (6)
2 (92.8%)	Stanford	1 (3)
3 (90.8%)	USC	4 (18)
4 (89.1%)	UC-Davis	5 (35)
5 (86.1%)	UC-Hastings	6 (39)
6 (85.7%)	UCLA	3 (15)
7 (85.3%)	Loyola-L.A.	9 (71)
8 (81.9%)	Santa Clara	10 (85)
9 (81.4%)	Cal-Western	Tier 4
10 (81.2%)	San Francisco	11 (98)
11 (81.0%)	Chapman	Tier 3
12 (80.8%)	McGeorge	Tier 3
13 (79.9%)	Pepperdine	7 (55)
79.3%	Statewide Ave. (CA ABA Approved)
14 (78.1%)	San Diego	8 (61)
15 (67.6%	Golden Gate	Tier 4
16 (62.5%)	Southwestern	Tier 3
17 (60.1%)	Whittier	Tier 4
18 (53.0%)	Western State	NR
19 (46.5%)	T. Jefferson	Tier 4
20 (34.0%)	LaVerne	NR

For the July 2008 data, see here.