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Missoula, Montana

Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
156
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.64
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$24,582
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
95
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
80.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
82.5%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
84.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.3%
Difference
+1.85 pts
First-time takers
82
69 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
Montana796784.8%82.6%+2.20
3 Remaining Jurisdictions3266.7%74%-7.35

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
90.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
79
Takers
76
Passers
69

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202582.5%82.3%
202482.1%80.7%
202385.9%83.9%
202283.1%75.5%
202183.3%76.4%
202092.2%81.6%
201981.4%83.9%
201880.3%71.7%
201784.2%82.3%