University of West Los Angeles

The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a private, for-profit law school in Los Angeles, California. It maintains two campuses, one in Inglewood (West Los Angeles) and one in Chatsworth (San Fernando Valley).

University of West Los Angeles
Established1966
School typePrivate, for-profit
LocationInglewood and Chatsworth, California, United States
Enrollment475
Faculty4 Full, 37 Adjunct
Bar pass rateSFV: 9%, WLA: 8% (July 2019 1st time takers)[1]
Websitewww.uwla.edu

Accreditation and bar exam performance

UWLA is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).[2] The university's School of Law is accredited by the State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners,[3] but is not approved by the American Bar Association.[4] As a result, graduates only qualify to take the bar exam in California.[2] At the July 2019 sitting of the California Bar Exam, three of the 35 UWLA graduates (8.6%) taking the exam for the first time passed (as compared to 63.7% for the average of all first time exam takers).[5]

History

UWLA was founded in 1966 by Henry Blunt and three other Culver City High School educators. The School of Law received accreditation from the Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California in 1978.[6] The San Fernando Valley College of Law (the first law school in the San Fernando Valley), co-founded as an independent school by Leo L. Mann and Joseph P. Lamont in 1962, was acquired and merged into UWLA in 2002.

Robert W. Brown is the current President of the University while Jay Paul Frykberg was appointed Dean of the Law School in 2013.

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/July2019-CBX-Statistics.pdf?
  2. "University of West Los Angeles Accreditation". University of West Los Angeles.
  3. "Law Schools in California Accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE)". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. "General Statistics Report - July 2019 California Bar Examination" (PDF). State Bar of California. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. "University of West Los Angeles Accreditation".
  7. "Evan Phillip Freed #89514 - Attorney Licensee Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  8. Woo, Elaine. "Albert L. Gordon dies at 94; attorney fought for gay rights", Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2009. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  9. Louise Linton (20 August 2014). "Louise Linton Discusses Upcoming Film Roles" (Interview). Interviewed by Helen Earnshaw. Female First. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

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