Washington, District of Columbia

University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1991
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 151; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.28; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $12,438; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 83; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 52.5%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 57.9%; 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 — 2019 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers: Report year 2020
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

37.7%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

73.9%

Difference

-36.11 pts

First-time takers

20 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
Jurisdiction	Takers	Passers	School %	Jurisdiction %	Difference
12 Remaining Jurisdictions	28	7	25%	75.8%	-50.83
District of Columbia	25	13	52%	72.1%	-20.08

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers: Report year 2020
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

64.1%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

Takers

Passers

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 class	School	Jurisdictions
2025	57.9%	82.8%
2024	65.6%	80.6%
2023	47.9%	79.5%
2022	33.9%	78.2%
2021	32.5%	78.7%
2020	64.2%	77.7%
2019	37.7%	73.9%
2018	45.1%	69.6%
2017	38.5%	72.6%