July 2010 California Bar Exam Results

The July 2010 California bar passage rates by school are out. For first-time takers, the overall pass rates were 68.3% for all takers and 75.2% for graduates of the twenty California ABA-approved law schools.

The results by gender:

• Female: 68.3% overall, 75.6% CA ABA-approved
• Male: 68.3% overall, 74.7% CA ABA-approved

The results by race:

• White: 74.2% overall, 80.2% CA ABA-approved
• Asian: 63.7% overall, 71.9% CA ABA-approved
• Other Minority: 60.2% overall, 68.9% CA ABA-approved
• Hispanic: 56.2% overall, 65.5% CA ABA-approved
• Black: 44.6% overall, 53.6% 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 Rank	%       Pass	Law          School	US News Rank   CA (Overall)
1	97.8%	Stanford	1 (3)
2	91.5%	UC-Berkeley	2 (7)
3	90.2%	USC	4 (18)
4	88.3%	Pepperdine	7 (52)
5	83.7%	Loyola-L.A.	8 (56)
6	83.5%	UCLA	3 (15)
7	83.3%	Western State	15 (Tier 4)
8	81.3%	UC-Davis	5 (28)
9	80.8%	UC-Hastings	6 (42)
10	76.0%	San Francisco	12 (98)
	75.2%	Statewide Ave. (CA ABA Approved)
11	71.1%	McGeorge	12 (98)
12	70.5%	Santa Clara	10 (93)
13	70.1%	Cal-Western	15 (Tier 4)
14	69.6%	Chapman	10 (93)
15	65.3%	San Diego	8 (56)56
16	59.0%	Southwestern	14 (Tier 3)
17	58.1%	T. Jefferson	15 (Tier 4)
18	57.2%	Golden Gate	15 (Tier 4)
19	53.4%	Whittier	15 (Tier 4)
20	46.7%	LaVerne	NR

For prior years' results, see:

• July 2009
• July 2008