University Of West Los Angeles
The University of West Los Angeles - School of Law (also referred to as UWLA - School of Law) is a private, non-profit law school. It maintains two campuses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Inglewood (West Los Angeles) and Chatsworth (San Fernando Valley}. The School of Law is accredited by the State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners. In the most recent California Bar Exam (February, 2012), 26% of the school's alumni who took the exam passed.
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