Editing UC Davis School of Law (section)

==Rankings and academics==
[[File:Mabie Law Library.jpg|thumb|Mabie Law Library]]
In 2025, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked UC Davis 50th among all law schools in the United States.<ref name=USNWR/>

For [[Diversity (politics)|diversity]] among the five law schools in the UC system, UC Davis was named the second-most diverse after [[UC Hastings]] by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{cite magazine | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Law School Diversity Index | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawdiv_brief.php | magazine= [[U.S. News & World Report]] | access-date= 2007-10-20}}</ref> Princeton Review placed UC Davis Law tenth in the nation for faculty diversity in the 2009 version of its annual law ranking.  It is listed as an "A−" in the March 2011 "Diversity Honor Roll" by ''The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students''.<ref name=NationalJurist>{{Citation|last1 = Larsen | first1 = Rebecca| title = Most Diverse Law Schools (Diversity Honor Roll)| journal = The National Jurist| volume = 20| issue = 6| pages = 30–37| publisher = Cypress Magazines| location = San Diego, California| date = March 2011
| url = http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0311/#/32}}</ref>

It is listed as an "A" (#16) in the January 2011 "Best Public Interest Law Schools" ratings by ''The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students''.<ref name=NJPubInterest>{{cite journal
| last1 = Weyenberg | first1 = Michelle| title = Best Law Schools for Public Interest| journal = The National Jurist| volume = 20| issue = 4| pages = 24–28| publisher = Cypress Magazines
| location = San Diego, California| date = January 2011| url = http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0111/index.php#/24}}</ref>

UC Davis Law has the smallest student body of the UC law schools. It has a slightly higher student/faculty ratio than [[UCLA School of Law|UCLA]] or [[Boalt Hall|Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite magazine | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, What are the largest and smallest law schools? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_size_brief.php | magazine= [[US News]] | access-date= 2007-10-20}}</ref>

UC Davis has been ranked as the fifth most-expensive public law school in the nation by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref name="USNews">{{cite web | title=Public Cost Programs - Top Law Schools - US News Best Graduate Schools | website=U.S. News & World Report | url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/public-cost-rankings?int=98ee08 | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> It is also ranked first for providing the most financial aid.<ref name="USNews"/>

[[File:Main Entrance of King Hall.jpg|thumb|Main Entrance to King Hall]]
UC Davis grants the second-most in financial aid in the country.<ref>{{cite magazine | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_cost_public_brief.php | magazine= [[U.S. News & World Report]] | access-date= 2007-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Which public schools award the most and the least financial aid? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_finaid_public_brief.php | magazine= [[US News]] | access-date= 2007-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Whose graduates have the most debt? The least? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_debt_brief.php | magazine= [[US News]] | access-date= 2007-10-20}}</ref> UC Davis Law's King Hall Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), founded in 1990 to help alumni working in relatively low-income public-service law careers to repay student loans, was the first loan repayment assistance program established at any UC law school.<ref name="The Aggie 2009">{{cite web | title=Law School expands loan repayment assistance program | website=The Aggie | date=October 5, 2009 | url=http://www.theaggie.org/2009/10/05/law-school-expands-loan-repayment-assistance-program/ | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

According to [[Brian Leiter]]'s Law School rankings, Davis ranks 23rd in the nation for scholarly impact as measured by total academic [[citation]]s of tenure-stream faculty.<ref>{{cite web | title= Top 25 Law Faculties Based on Scholarly Impact, 2005-2009 | url= http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_scholarlyimpact.shtml}}</ref>

On November 28, 2022, UC Davis Law withdrew from U.S. News & World Report rankings and will no longer provide data to contribute to those rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Dave |date=2022-11-28 |title=UC Davis Law Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Rankings |url=https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-law-withdraws-us-news-world-report-rankings |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=UC Davis |language=en}}</ref>

===Bar passage rates===
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 79.4% of UC Davis Law graduates passed the California State Bar exam.<ref name=ILRG>{{Cite web| title = Internet Legal Research Group: University of California-Davis School of Law, 2009 profile| url = http://www.ilrg.com/rankings/law/view.php/112 | access-date = April 13, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, 89% of first-time test takers passed the California bar.<ref>{{cite news | title= Top UC Davis, McGeorge law students raise the bar | url= http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/11/23/daily27.html |publisher= Sacramento Business Journal | access-date=2010-03-01 | first=Kathy | last=Robertson | date=2009-11-25}}</ref>

For July 2012, 78.9% of first-time test takers passed the California bar exam.<ref>{{cite news | title= California Bar Admissions 2012 | url= http://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/4/documents/gbx/JULY2012STATS.122112_R.pdf |publisher= California Bar Association | access-date=2013-03-13 | first=Graham | last=Hoerauf | date=2013-03-13}}</ref> For July 2013, 85.0% of first-time test takers passed the California Bar Exam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/01/july-2013.html|title = TaxProf Blog: July 2013 California Bar Exam Results}}</ref>

For July 2014, 86% of first-time test takers passed the California bar exam.<ref name="Robertson 2015">{{cite web | last=Robertson | first=Kathy | title=UC Davis ranks No. 4 in bar exam pass rate; McGeorge comes in at No. 15 | website=Sacramento Business Journal | date=January 8, 2015 | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/01/08/uc-davis-ranks-no-4-in-bar-exam-pass-rate-mcgeorge.html | access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref>