The State Bar of California pursued too many changes at once, setting the stage for the problem-plagued February attorney ...

Though a technical fiasco, the February 2025 bar exam produced historic pass rates for California-accredited law schools. Can ...

California, the second-largest bar exam jurisdiction after New York, saw 12,235 aspiring attorneys complete the test in 2024. Tuesday’s test debuted California’s hybrid, two-day licensing exam ...

LATEST, Feb. 28 The fallout from the State Bar of California’s messy rollout of its new bar exam continues to escalate, as test takers have now filed a proposed federal class-action lawsuit ...

Explore what makes the California Bar Examination different, from its format and eligibility rules to the baby bar and moral character review.

Last year, as the State Bar of California faced a $22.2-million deficit, it decided to replace the test questions developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners' Multistate Bar Examination ...

The State Bar of California is looking to develop its own bar exam, parting ways with the National Conference of Bar Examiners and rejecting its overhauled licensing test set to debut in July 2026.

CALIFORNIA — The State Bar of California has asked the state’s Supreme Court to lower the raw passing score for February’s bar exam after complaints of a chaotic test rollout.“I would type ...

The State Bar expects to pay around $5.6 million to offer free exams to test takers, book in-person testing sites and return the exam to its traditional system of questions for its July test.

For over 40 years, there have been three parts to the California Bar Examination. One part, a full day of the two-day test, is comprised of 200 multiple choice questions.

The pass rate on California's February 2024 bar exam ticked upward to 33.9%, surpassing the 32.5% figure from last year, according to figures released Friday by the state bar.

She’s one of 4,300 exam takers for the California Bar Exam on February 25. The State Bar of California also hired Kaplan, a different company to oversee portions of the exam.