Lincoln Law School of Sacramento should not be confused with Lincoln Law School of San Jose.
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento | |
Established: | 1969 |
Type: | Private, for-profit |
Head: | Filomena Yeroshek |
City: | Sacramento |
State: | California |
Country: | United States |
Students: | 250 |
Faculty: | 1 FT 25 PT |
Ranking: | Not ranked |
Bar Pass Rate: | 59% (20/34) (October 2020 first-time takers) |
Homepage: | www.lincolnlaw.edu |
The Lincoln Law School of Sacramento is a private, for-profit law school in Sacramento, California. The school offers an evening-only, four-year juris doctor degree program.
Lincoln Law School received approval from the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California in 1978.[1]
The law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association. Lincoln graduates do not immediately qualify to take the bar exam and join the bar of states other than California, and may not qualify in any event in some jurisdictions. If Lincoln graduates are allowed to take the bar examination in other states they must follow the rules of those jurisdictions that may include years in practice, additional education, and other requirements.[2]
According to Lincoln Law School's California Information Report for 2017, 73.2% of applicants were accepted with the average enrollee having a 143 LSAT score and 2.94 undergraduate GPA.[3]
Of the 34 Lincoln graduates who took the California bar exam for the first time in October 2020, 20 passed, for a 59% passage rate, vs. a 74% overall pass rate.[4]