Law schools in California

Name: Law schools in California — ABA Standard 509 data
Creator: American Bar Association
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The 17 ABA-accredited law schools in California report a median first-time bar passage of 84.19%, above the national median of 82.9%.

Median LSAT median 163 (national 159)
First-time bar passage median 84.19% (national 82.9%)
Full-time, long-term JD employment median 91.4% (national 90.8%)
Resident tuition median $63,126 (national $45,200)

Schools, ranked by first-time bar passage

#	Law school	Median LSAT	First-time bar passage	Full-time, long-term JD employment	Resident tuition
1	Stanford Law School	173	96.5%	91.6%	$77,454
2	UCLA School of Law	171	94.23%	97%	$59,084
3	University of Southern California School of Law	169	94.01%	96.5%	$84,034
4	UC Berkeley School of Law	170	91.16%	97.2%	$62,532
5	University of California-Davis School of Law	165	88.94%	94.6%	$57,460
6	Pepperdine University School of Law	164	86.77%	93.4%	$72,920
7	University of California-Irvine School of Law	169	85.53%	93.5%	$59,080
8	University of San Diego School of Law	163	84.8%	98.3%	$66,950
9	Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law	163	84.19%	91%	$70,360
10	University of California-San Francisco School of Law	161	83.84%	91.2%	$53,087
11	Santa Clara University School of Law	159	74.77%	79.8%	$65,540
12	University of San Francisco School of Law	155	74.56%	84.2%	$59,800
13	Chapman University School of Law	163	74.13%	85.4%	$63,126
14	University of the Pacific School of Law	156	70.55%	79.7%	$62,678
15	Southwestern Law School	157	64.93%	83.4%	$63,160
16	Western State, Westcliff University School of Law	152	63.64%	91.4%	$54,840
17	California Western School of Law	155	62.91%	79%	$64,720

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Source: ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosures, most recent reported cycle. Last updated June 26, 2026.