ONE GOAL . . . THREE CHOICES
If you live and work in Northern California and have dreamed of attending law school . . . one of these three California Accredited Law Schools (CALS) serving Northern California can make that dream come true!
Empire College School of Law takes an innovative approach to legal education. For almost 50 years, we have offered rigorous evening courses to future lawyers and other professionals throughout the Redwood Empire who live and work from Marin County to the Oregon border.
We believe the value of a legal education extends further than a career as an attorney.
For more information about Empire College School of Law’s residential programs,
Monterey College of Law, founded 50 years ago, is one of the first two residential CALS approved to offer a separate hybrid online JD/MLS program, not as an emergency reaction to the Coronavirus crisis but initiated more than five years ago as part of our planned law school program expansion.
All hybrid online required bar-tested courses are limited in size to 20 students.
For more information about MCL’s Hybrid Online programs,
Northwestern California University School of Law (NWCULaw®) was founded 40 years ago as an external degree-granting law school and is now the oldest degree-granting online distance education law school in the country.
NWCU offers a fully online J.D. degree program so that economic obstacles, family commitments, remoteness of location, and other hardships will not prevent deserving individuals from studying law.
For more information about NWCU’s online programs,
Study at, or graduation from California Accredited Law Schools may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or be admitted to practice law in jurisdictions other than California. A student who intends to seek admission to practice outside of California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding its education and admission requirements. Visit: www.ncbex.org for individual state requirements.
2021 Minimum Cumulative Five-Year Bar Examination Pass Rates for California Accredited Law Schools
California Accredited Law Schools (CALS) must “maintain a minimum, [five-year] cumulative bar examination pass rate [MPR]” of 40 percent or more, as calculated under Guideline 12.1 of the Guidelines for Accredited Law School Rules. Schools report their MPR on July 1 and the State Bar posts these figures each year in August. For information related to each law school’s graduates bar examination pass rates, visit: www.calbar.ca.gov
California Accredited Law Schools (CALS)
California Accredited Law Schools (CALS) are accredited through the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. To become accredited, a law school must have admission standards that consider the likelihood of success in law school and provide a program of sound legal education. An accredited law school is also one that meets specific standards set by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. CALS students are not required to take the California First-Year Law School Exam. Graduates from CALS are eligible to sit for the California Bar Examination.
For more information about California Accredited Law Schools, go to www.calawschools.org.