Lincoln Law School of Sacramento is a private, for-profit

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. The school offers an evening-only, four-year

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degree program.

Accreditation

Lincoln Law School received approval from the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California in 1978. The law school is not accredited by the

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. 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.

Admissions

According to Lincoln Law School's California Information Report for 2017, 73.2% of applicants were accepted with the average enrollee having a 143

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score and 2.94 undergraduate

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Bar passage rate

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.

Notable alumni

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(Class of 1984), judge, Sacramento County Superior Court * Bruce Nestande (deceased), California state politician *

Leonard Padilla Leonard Padilla (born 1939) was chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law, Lorenzo Patiño Law School, which he opened with Judge Lorenzo Patiño in 1982. Padilla has run for public o ...

(Class of 1980), media personality, bail bondsman, and bounty hunter * Laurie Earl (Class of 1988), first LGBTQ+ judge on the California Third District Court of Appeal

References

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* {{authority control Law schools in California Universities and colleges in Sacramento County, California Educational institutions established in 1969 1969 establishments in California For-profit universities and colleges in the United States