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Honolulu, Hawaii

William S. Richardson School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1974
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
158
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.62
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$23,304
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
140
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
75.5%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
77.1%
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
72.6%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
75.7%
Difference
-3.19 pts
First-time takers
102
74 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
Hawaii997272.7%75.7%-2.98
3 Remaining Jurisdictions3266.7%76.8%-10.12

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
89.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
108
Takers
101
Passers
90

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
202577.1%77.2%
202476.9%74.9%
202369.1%69.4%
202272.1%74.8%
202172.1%74.9%
202078.1%80.2%
201965.7%73.3%
201879.6%79.1%
201772.6%75.7%