text: College of Law The University of La Verne College of Law was founded in 1970 and is currently located in Ontario, California. In February 2006, the college was provisionally accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), allowing students to take the bar exam and become practicing attorneys in any U.S. jurisdiction.  In June 2011, the ABA denied the College full ABA accreditation. On August 29, 2011, the college announced it received accreditation from the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. In March 2012, the ABA again granted provisional approval.  On March 14, 2016, the ABA granted full accreditation. Of the La Verne graduates who took the California bar exam for the first time in July 2016, 31% passed, vs. a statewide average of 62%. In November 2019, the university's board of trustees voted to change from an ABA-accredited school to a California Bar-accredited school, a decision that was influenced in part by the ABA's introduction of tougher accreditation standards in May 2019 which shortened the timeframe schools had to ensure a 75-percent bar pass rate from five to two years.
  Online school
  The University of La Verne offers a limited number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs fully online.
  Accreditations
  The University of La Verne is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission]].  Several programs are accredited or approved by discipline-specific organizations:
  The Physician Assistant program is provisionally accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.
  The Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.
  The Master of Public Administration program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
  Teacher education programs are approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC).