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Comparison of Stanford Law School California Bar Exam Results

1997 – Present

By George D. Wilson

Research Paper No. 19 December 2007

Robert Crown Law Library Crown Quadrangle

Stanford, California 94305-8612

Comparisons of Stanford Law School

California Bar Exam Results 1997-Present

Prepared by George D. Wilson Reference Librarian

Robert Crown Law Library Stanford Law School

(December 2007)

This publication follows on the 1997 publication titled Comparisons of Stanford University Law School California Bar Exam Results: 1987-1997 (1997) prepared by Andrew Gurthet. It also includes a graph showing Stanford Law School bar exam results from 1987 to the present.

Definitions

Throughout the attached graphs terms are defined as follows:

First Time Stanford Takers: Graduates of Stanford Law School who are taking the California Bar Exam for the first time. All Stanford Takers: All graduates of Stanford Law School who are taking the California Bar Exam, including First Time Stanford Takers. This term takes into consideration repeater takers. First Time Takers: All individuals taking the California Bar Exam for the first time. All Takers: All individuals taking the California Bar Exam, including First Time All Takers. This term takes into consideration repeat takers.

Scope The following graphs chart the pass rate of Stanford Law School graduates taking the California Bar Examination for the period 1997 to the present. The first “line” graph compares the various pass rates of: (1) First Time Stanford Takers; (2) All Stanford Takers; (3) all First Time Takers; and (4) All Takers. The second set of “clustered column” graphs (9 in total) compares the semi-yearly pass rates of First Time Stanford Takers and All Stanford Takers against the pass rates of First Time Takers and All Takers. The third set of clustered column graphs (18 in total) compares the pass rates of First Time Stanford Takers and All Stanford Takers against the pass rates of First Time Takers and All Takers from the other American Bar Association (ABA) approved law schools located in California. The final clustered column graph shows the 1987-to-present pass rates of: (1) First Time Stanford Takers; and (2) All Stanford Takers. All the of the data underlying the graphs was compiled from information found in the California Bar Examination Statistics prepared annually by the Committee of Bar Examiners, State Bar of California.

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COMPARISON OF VARIOUS PASS RATES: 1997 - PRESENT

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COMPARISON OF CALIFORNIA’S ABA-APPROVED LAW SCHOOLS’ PASS RATES: 1997 - PRESENT

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