Lincoln Law School of Sacramento

Not to be confused with Lincoln Law School of San Jose.

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Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
Established	1969
School type	Private, for-profit
Dean	Filomena Yeroshek
Location	Sacramento, California, US
Enrollment	250
Faculty	1 FT 25 PT
USNWR ranking	Not ranked
Bar pass rate	59% (20/34) (October 2020 first-time takers)[1]
Website	www.lincolnlaw.edu

The Lincoln Law School of Sacramento is a private, for-profit law school in Sacramento, California. The school offers an evening-only, four-year juris doctor degree program.

Accreditation

Lincoln Law School received approval from the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California in 1978.^[2]

The law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association. Lincoln graduates do not immediately qualify to take the bar exam and join the bar of states other than California,^[2] 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.^[3]

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 LSAT score and 2.94 undergraduate GPA.^[4]

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.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Eugene Balonon (Class of 1984), judge, Sacramento County Superior Court
• Bruce Nestande (deceased), Republican California State Assemblyman and Orange County Supervisor
• Leonard Padilla (Class of 1980), media personality, bail bondsman, and bounty hunter