Statistics
The California Bar Exam
One of the questions most commonly posed to law schools is “how is the Bar pass rate?”
While statistics vary with each Bar Exam administered, multiple factors may impact those percentages in a way that raw statistics do not address.
Glendale University College of Law has analyzed over four decades of its graduate’s Bar Exam statistics and determined that students who are academically successful have an 80% likelihood of passing the Bar Exam on the first try.
At Glendale, the minimum cumulative GPA required to earn a JD is 70. Students considered academically successful for purposes of the 80% first-time pass rate typically graduate with a cumulative GPA of 74 or higher.
Employment
Glendale University College of Law Alumni have found success in a wide variety of legal settings, some of which include:
- Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
- Court Commissioner, Los Angeles Superior Court
- Senior Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice
- District Attorney, Los Angeles, Riverside and Kern Counties
- City Attorney, City of Los Angeles
- Public Defender, Los Angeles,
San Bernardino and Imperial Counties - Assistant Chief Counsel, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement - Founding Partner, Adelson, Testan, Brundo & Jimenez
- Appellate Attorney, Rome Law Offices
- Corporate Counsel, Transamerica Insurance
- Corporate Counsel, Automobile Club of Southern California
- Criminal Defense Attorney, The Kavinoky Law Firm
- Insurance Defense Attorney,
State Compensation Insurance Fund - Civil Litigator, Weston Herzog, LLP
- Chief of Police, Barstow Police Department
- Detective, City of Glendale Police Department
- Advocate, Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles
- Managing Attorney, Floyd, Skeren & Kelly, LLP
- Real Estate Litigator, Irsfeld, Irsfeld & Younger, LLP
85% of GUCL graduates are working as attorneys within 6 months of passing the Bar Exam.
Salaries
Starting salaries for new lawyers in the Los Angeles area are typically tiered based on the whether the position is in the private or public sector, the size of the law firm hiring, the law school attended, and/or the prior work experience of the candidate.
A survey of GUCL graduates who are recent Bar-passers indicates that starting salaries (private sector) for new attorneys with less relevant work experience is normally in the range of $65k-$75k annually. New attorneys with greater work experience may expect earnings in the range of $76k – 85k annually. New attorneys with substantial relevant work experience may demand starting salaries in the range of $86k – $95k.
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