ABA Required Disclosures

• Lewis & Clark Law School is approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738.

The American Bar Association (ABA) is the primary accrediting body for U. S. law schools. Standard 509 of the ABA requires law schools to make certain information publicly available to prospective and current students. Much of the information can be found in Lewis & Clark Law School’s most recent ABA Standard 509 Information Report. Below is a list of links to the required information or the various places on our website where the information can be found. 

Admissions Data

• ABA Standard 509 Information Report
• Entering Class Profile

Enrollment Data, Attrition/Graduation Rates, and Transfer Student Information

• ABA Standard 509 Information Report
  • Enrollment (Pages 1-2)
  • Attrition (Page 3)
  • Graduation Rates (Page 2)

Curricular Offerings, Academic Calendar, and Academic Requirements

• ABA Standard 509 Information Report
  • Curricular Offerings (Page 1)
  • Academic Calendar (Page 1) and Current Academic Year Calendar

• Graduation Requirements

Tuition, Fees, Living Costs, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Conditional Scholarship Retention Data, and Refunds

• Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
• Scholarship Information
• Conditional Scholarship Retention Data
• Refund Policy
• Financial Aid

Employment Outcomes and Bar Passage Data

• Employment Outcomes

(Most recent available data for Class of 2020. Data for Class of 2021 will be posted in the spring)

• Salary Information
• Bar Passage Information:
  • 2020 Oregon Bar Exam - First Time Bar Passage*: 79.41%
  • Lewis & Clark Law School  -  Ultimate Bar Passage (Graduates who sat for a bar examination within two years of their date of graduation): 83.33%

*This figure represents the bar pass rate of 34 first time takers of the Oregon bar exam. 88 graduates were admitted to the bar in 2020 via Oregon Emergency Diploma Privilege. 

For more detail about bar passage, see our 2021 Ultimate Bar Passage ABA Report.

Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty, Professional Librarians, and Administrators

• Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty, and Administrators (Page 1)
• Law Library Directory

Polices for Transfer Credit

• Policies Regarding Transfer of Credit at Other Institutions

Policy Regarding Student Concerns About Non-Compliance with ABA Standards

• Student Complaints Regarding Non-Compliance with ABA Standards