University of West Los Angeles


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

Accreditation and bar exam performance

UWLA is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The university's School of Law is accredited by the State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners, but is not approved by the American Bar Association. As a result, graduates only qualify to take the bar exam in California. At the July 2019 sitting of the California Bar Exam, three of the 35 UWLA graduates taking the exam for the first time passed.

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. The San Fernando Valley College of Law, 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