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Berkeley, California

University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
170
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.92
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$62,532
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
374
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
96.8%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
94.8%
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 — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
96.7%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
78.6%
Difference
+18.09 pts
First-time takers
301
291 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
California22321496%77.9%+18.10
15 Remaining Jurisdictions4242100%79.1%+20.93
New York262596.2%85.9%+10.22
District of Columbia1010100%75%+24.99

Ultimate bar passage — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
98.3%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
308
Takers
302
Passers
297

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
202594.8%83.6%
202491.2%79.9%
202388.2%74.5%
202293.4%74.4%
202195%78.1%
202096.7%78.6%
201990.7%72%
201890.7%65.4%
201791.2%69.8%