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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.
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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 — 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
64.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
77.7%
Difference
-13.48 pts
First-time takers
67
43 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
District of Columbia342470.6%75%-4.42
7 Remaining Jurisdictions221359.1%81.6%-22.50
Maryland11654.6%76.9%-22.38

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
75.4%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
69
Takers
65
Passers
49

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
202557.9%82.8%
202465.6%80.6%
202347.9%79.5%
202233.9%78.2%
202132.5%78.7%
202064.2%77.7%
201937.7%73.9%
201845.1%69.6%
201738.5%72.6%