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Information current as of Feb 11 2012 11:00PM

Attorney Membership

Member StatusPopulationAverage Age% of Membership
Active 173,950 48 73.42 %
Inactive 50,630 58 21.37 %
Judge 2,070 60 0.87 %
Not Eligible To Practice Law 10,287 59 4.34 %
Total236,937  


By Age

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6000 Age: 22 - Population: 2Age: 23 - Population: 6Age: 24 - Population: 16Age: 25 - Population: 110Age: 26 - Population: 765Age: 27 - Population: 1,809Age: 28 - Population: 2,751Age: 29 - Population: 3,416Age: 30 - Population: 4,162Age: 31 - Population: 4,719Age: 32 - Population: 4,981Age: 33 - Population: 5,034Age: 34 - Population: 5,048Age: 35 - Population: 4,981Age: 36 - Population: 4,872Age: 37 - Population: 4,784Age: 38 - Population: 5,037Age: 39 - Population: 4,829Age: 40 - Population: 5,258Age: 41 - Population: 5,688Age: 42 - Population: 5,870Age: 43 - Population: 5,796Age: 44 - Population: 5,468Age: 45 - Population: 5,366Age: 46 - Population: 5,307Age: 47 - Population: 5,194Age: 48 - Population: 5,459Age: 49 - Population: 5,532Age: 50 - Population: 5,319Age: 51 - Population: 5,283Age: 52 - Population: 5,374Age: 53 - Population: 5,344Age: 54 - Population: 5,156Age: 55 - Population: 5,209Age: 56 - Population: 5,303Age: 57 - Population: 5,322Age: 58 - Population: 5,636Age: 59 - Population: 5,614Age: 60 - Population: 5,707Age: 61 - Population: 5,623Age: 62 - Population: 5,233Age: 63 - Population: 5,241Age: 64 - Population: 5,186Age: 65 - Population: 5,369Age: 66 - Population: 4,762Age: 67 - Population: 3,821Age: 68 - Population: 3,414Age: 69 - Population: 3,322Age: 70 - Population: 3,042Age: 71 - Population: 2,383Age: 72 - Population: 1,962Age: 73 - Population: 1,813Age: 74 - Population: 1,591Age: 75 - Population: 1,405Age: 76 - Population: 1,234Age: 77 - Population: 1,137Age: 78 - Population: 1,083Age: 79 - Population: 906Age: 80 - Population: 900Age: 81 - Population: 866Age: 82 - Population: 808Age: 83 - Population: 663Age: 84 - Population: 597Age: 85 - Population: 553Age: 86 - Population: 448Age: 87 - Population: 379Age: 88 - Population: 345Age: 89 - Population: 253Age: 90 - Population: 265Age: 91 - Population: 214Age: 92 - Population: 172Age: 93 - Population: 116Age: 94 - Population: 88Age: 95 - Population: 63Age: 96 - Population: 40Age: 97 - Population: 34Age: 98 - Population: 34Age: 99 - Population: 18Age: 100 - Population: 10
2060100
Age (years)


By District

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DistrictPopulation% of Membership
Outside California 45,905 19.37 %
District 01 46,381 19.58 %
District 02 67,159 28.34 %
District 03 15,046 6.35 %
District 04 43,705 18.45 %
District 05 5,155 2.18 %
District 06 13,586 5.73 %


By Law School

The 25 law schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.

RankSchoolPopulation% of Membership
1 UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA 16,606 7.01 %
2 Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA 14,010 5.91 %
3 UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA 12,223 5.16 %
4 UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hall; Berkeley CA 11,274 4.76 %
5 Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA 10,456 4.41 %
6 McGeorge SOL Univ of the Pacific; CA 10,148 4.28 %
7 Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA 9,626 4.06 %
8 Santa Clara Univ SOL; Santa Clara CA 8,857 3.74 %
9 USC Law School; Los Angeles CA 7,982 3.37 %
10 U of San Francisco SOL; San Francisco CA 7,184 3.03 %
11 UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA 5,829 2.46 %
12 California Western SOL; San Diego CA 5,787 2.44 %
13 Pepperdine Univ SOL; Malibu CA 5,722 2.41 %
14 Golden Gate Univ SOL; San Francisco CA 5,661 2.39 %
15 Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA 5,491 2.32 %
16 Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA 5,319 2.24 %
17 Western State Univ; CA 4,682 1.98 %
18 Whittier Coll SOL; CA 3,867 1.63 %
19 Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA 3,236 1.37 %
20 Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC 3,223 1.36 %
21 Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI 2,689 1.13 %
22 Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA 2,390 1.01 %
23 New York Univ SOL; New York NY 2,194 0.93 %
24 Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY 2,189 0.92 %
25 George Washington Univ LS; Washington DC 1,879 0.79 %


By Undergraduate School

The 25 undergraduate schools with the largest number of graduates admitted to the State Bar.

RankSchoolPopulation% of Membership
1 Univ of California at Los Angeles; CA 20,505 8.65 %
2 Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA 18,170 7.67 %
3 Univ of Southern Calif; Los Angeles CA 7,356 3.10 %
4 Stanford Univ; Stanford CA 6,973 2.94 %
5 Univ of California Santa Barbara; CA 6,955 2.94 %
6 Univ of California Davis; Davis CA 5,636 2.38 %
7 Univ of California San Diego; La Jolla CA 5,152 2.17 %
8 Univ of California Irvine; Irvine CA 4,272 1.80 %
9 San Diego State Univ; San Diego CA 3,394 1.43 %
10 California St Univ Northridge; CA 3,386 1.43 %
11 California St Univ Long Beach; CA 2,686 1.13 %
12 Harvard Univ; Cambridge MA 2,432 1.03 %
13 Yale Univ; New Haven CT 2,396 1.01 %
14 Univ of California Santa Cruz; CA 2,339 0.99 %
15 Santa Clara Univ; Santa Clara CA 2,291 0.97 %
16 Brigham Young Univ; Provo UT 2,276 0.96 %
17 California St Univ Fullerton; CA 2,160 0.91 %
18 San Francisco State Unv; San Francisco CA 2,087 0.88 %
19 California St Univ Sacramento; CA 2,002 0.84 %
20 San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA 1,950 0.82 %
21 Cornell Univ; Ithaca NY 1,860 0.79 %
22 Univ of California Riverside; CA 1,857 0.78 %
23 Loyola Marymount Univ; Los Angeles CA 1,825 0.77 %
24 Univ of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA 1,720 0.73 %
25 California St Univ; Los Angeles CA 1,706 0.72 %


By Years of Membership

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8000 Tenure: 1 years - Population: 6,611Tenure: 2 years - Population: 6,469Tenure: 3 years - Population: 6,639Tenure: 4 years - Population: 7,124Tenure: 5 years - Population: 6,734Tenure: 6 years - Population: 6,709Tenure: 7 years - Population: 5,988Tenure: 8 years - Population: 5,527Tenure: 9 years - Population: 5,686Tenure: 10 years - Population: 5,558Tenure: 11 years - Population: 6,221Tenure: 12 years - Population: 6,158Tenure: 13 years - Population: 5,710Tenure: 14 years - Population: 6,025Tenure: 15 years - Population: 6,515Tenure: 16 years - Population: 5,799Tenure: 17 years - Population: 5,674Tenure: 18 years - Population: 5,807Tenure: 19 years - Population: 5,922Tenure: 20 years - Population: 5,858Tenure: 21 years - Population: 5,381Tenure: 22 years - Population: 5,822Tenure: 23 years - Population: 6,120Tenure: 24 years - Population: 5,765Tenure: 25 years - Population: 5,556Tenure: 26 years - Population: 4,511Tenure: 27 years - Population: 4,775Tenure: 28 years - Population: 4,228Tenure: 29 years - Population: 4,754Tenure: 30 years - Population: 4,732Tenure: 31 years - Population: 4,930Tenure: 32 years - Population: 4,844Tenure: 33 years - Population: 5,649Tenure: 34 years - Population: 5,125Tenure: 35 years - Population: 4,884Tenure: 36 years - Population: 4,564Tenure: 37 years - Population: 3,946Tenure: 38 years - Population: 3,914Tenure: 39 years - Population: 2,996Tenure: 40 years - Population: 3,968Tenure: 41 years - Population: 2,007Tenure: 42 years - Population: 2,037Tenure: 43 years - Population: 1,682Tenure: 44 years - Population: 916Tenure: 45 years - Population: 1,270Tenure: 46 years - Population: 1,509Tenure: 47 years - Population: 1,012Tenure: 48 years - Population: 836Tenure: 49 years - Population: 777Tenure: 50 years - Population: 686Tenure: 51 years - Population: 677Tenure: 52 years - Population: 548Tenure: 53 years - Population: 480Tenure: 54 years - Population: 238Tenure: 55 years - Population: 342Tenure: 56 years - Population: 323Tenure: 57 years - Population: 407Tenure: 58 years - Population: 278Tenure: 59 years - Population: 314Tenure: 60 years - Population: 285Tenure: 61 years - Population: 213Tenure: 62 years - Population: 168Tenure: 63 years - Population: 156Tenure: 64 years - Population: 46Tenure: 65 years - Population: 54Tenure: 66 years - Population: 37Tenure: 67 years - Population: 15Tenure: 68 years - Population: 11Tenure: 69 years - Population: 7Tenure: 70 years - Population: 12Tenure: 71 years - Population: 16Tenure: 72 years - Population: 14Tenure: 73 years - Population: 7Tenure: 74 years - Population: 11Tenure: 75 years - Population: 9Tenure: 76 years - Population: 3Tenure: 77 years - Population: 2Tenure: 78 years - Population: 2Tenure: 79 years - Population: 1Tenure: 80 years - Population: 1
14080
Years of Membership


By Admission Year

YearNumber AdmittedAverage Age
1855 1  0 
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1866 1  22 
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1870 3  26 
1871    
1872 1  27 
1873 4  20 
1874 2  25 
1875 7  26 
1876 9  25 
1877 7  25 
1878 4  25 
1879 26  25 
1880 11  25 
1881 17  24 
1882 25  25 
1883 24  24 
1884 19  25 
1885 36  26 
1886 32  25 
1887 46  25 
1888 39  26 
1889 46  27 
1890 61  25 
1891 64  25 
1892 72  27 
1893 77  26 
1894 99  26 
1895 129  27 
1896 126  26 
1897 156  27 
1898 135  27 
1899 116  26 
1900 126  25 
1901 134  25 
1902 140  28 
1903 136  29 
1904 144  28 
1905 140  30 
1906 156  29 
1907 195  28 
1908 224  30 
1909 286  29 
1910 240  31 
1911 380  29 
1912 383  30 
1913 438  30 
1914 425  30 
1915 482  30 
1916 338  30 
1917 382  29 
1918 253  32 
1919 265  33 
1920 291  32 
1921 364  33 
1922 446  32 
1923 601  33 
1924 506  32 
1925 436  32 
1926 590  32 
1927* 790  32 
1928 605  31 
1929 579  31 
1930 656  30 
1931 699  31 
1932 553  28 
1933 518  28 
1934 426  28 
1935 442  28 
1936 516  28 
1937 418  28 
1938 493  28 
1939 317  29 
1940 390  28 
1941 392  28 
1942 257  29 
1943 182  32 
1944 265  34 
1945 231  33 
1946 482  32 
1947 564  32 
1948 415  32 
1949 947  30 
1950 726  30 
1951 846  30 
1952 921  29 
1953 1,023  30 
1954 886  31 
1955 1,088  30 
1956 790  30 
1957 820  30 
1958 543  31 
1959 934  30 
1960 1,024  30 
1961 1,259  31 
1962 1,213  31 
1963 1,261  31 
1964 1,284  30 
1965 1,552  30 
1966 2,158  29 
1967 1,736  29 
1968 1,244  30 
1969 2,266  30 
1970 2,612  30 
1971 2,603  30 
1972 5,024  30 
1973 3,687  29 
1974 4,713  30 
1975 4,693  29 
1976 5,365  29 
1977 5,634  29 
1978 5,871  30 
1979 6,425  30 
1980 5,457  30 
1981 5,458  30 
1982 5,227  30 
1983 5,146  30 
1984 4,581  30 
1985 5,102  30 
1986 4,806  30 
1987 5,875  30 
1988 6,172  31 
1989 6,463  31 
1990 6,143  31 
1991 5,623  31 
1992 6,094  31 
1993 6,142  31 
1994 5,998  31 
1995 5,815  31 
1996 5,924  30 
1997 6,657  31 
1998 6,115  31 
1999 5,785  31 
2000 6,221  31 
2001 6,269  31 
2002 5,615  31 
2003 5,725  30 
2004 5,555  30 
2005 6,009  30 
2006 6,729  30 
2007 6,749  30 
2008 7,132  30 
2009 6,641  30 
2010 6,472  30 
2011 6,612  30 

* The State Bar of California was founded in 1927 by the legislature. Prior to 1927, bar membership was voluntary.
 
 
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