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Irvine, California

University of California, Irvine School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 2011
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
169
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.80
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$59,080
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
189
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
92.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
89.9%
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 — 2025 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
89.9%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.7%
Difference
+7.19 pts
First-time takers
158
142 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
California14913590.6%82.7%+7.93
7 Remaining Jurisdictions9777.8%81.6%-3.78

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
96.2%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
131
Takers
130
Passers
125

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
202589.9%82.7%
202485.5%78%
202386.9%73.2%
202284.4%72.7%
202188.7%77.4%
202086.4%78%
201981.5%69.7%
201870.8%61.8%
201780%66.9%