July 2012 California Bar Exam Results

The July 2012 California bar passage rates by school are out. Here are the results for first-time test-takers for the 21 California ABA-approved law law schools, along with each school's U.S. News ranking (California and overall):

Bar Pass Rank (Rate)	School	US News Rank CA (Overall)
1 (93.7%)	Stanford	1 (2)
2 (90.2%)	UC-Irvine	n/r
3 (89.0%)	UCLA	3 (15)
4 (88.0%)	USC	4 (18)
5 (86.3%)	UC-Berkeley	2 (7)
6 (86.1%)	Pepperdine	7 (49)
7 (81.5%)	Chapman	13 (110)
8 (78.9%)	UC-Davis	5 (29)
9 (78.6%)	Loyola-L.A.	8 (51)
10 (78.6%)	Western State	Tier 2
11 (77.8%)	San Diego	9 (65)
12 (76.9%)	UC-Hastings	6 (44)
76.9%	Statewide Ave. (CA ABA-Approved)
13 (76.7%)	Cal-Western	Tier 2
14 (73.3%)	McGeorge	11 (101)
15 (72.7%)	Santa Clara	10 (96)
16 (70.1%)	San Francisco	12 (106)
17 (69.7%)	Golden Gate	Tier 2
18 (69.7%)	Whittier	Tier 2
19 (64.3%)	Southwestern	14 (129)
20 (53.3%)	La Verne	Tier 2
21 (52.33%)	Thomas Jefferson	Tier 2

Here are the five out-of-state schools with the highest and lowest pass rates:

• 100%: Arizona State (8 test-takers)
• 94%:   Yale (31)
• 92%:   Harvard (89)
• 91%:   Virginia (22)
• 89%:   Pennsylvania (36)
• 25%:   Gonzaga (8),  UNLV (8)
• 22%:   Florida Coastal (9)
• 20%:   Loyola-New Orleans (5)
• 17%:   Thomas Cooley (18)

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• July 2011 Results
• July 2010 Results
• July 2009 Results
• July 2008 Results