Rules of the State Bar

Admissions and Educational Standards

Guidelines for Unaccredited Law School Rules

Office of Admissions Online Applications

      - Register for the State Bar
      - Apply for the Bar Exam
      - Apply for the First Year Law Students` Exam
      - Check Your Admission Status

Frequently Asked Questions and Related Rules

1. Refund policy. Guideline 2.2(B).

2. Disclosure statement - Administrative Dismissal Rule: three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take First year of law student exam (FYLSX) Guideline 2.3(D).

3. Policy for the imposition of student discipline. Guideline 2.8.

4. Academic standards. Guideline 2.9(A).

5. Examinations and grading. Guideline 2.9(B).

6. Basis for final grade. Guideline 2.9(C).

7. Procedure used to authenticate the identity of the student submitting work and participating in educational and other law school activities and to ensure that work submitted is the student's own. Guideline 2.9(D).

8. Procedures for processing requests for the review of grades by the Grade Review Committee. Guideline 2.9(H).

9. Procedures for the regular evaluation of instructor competence. Guideline 4.8. 13. Fixed facility law school: written attendance policy and records. Guideline 5.3(A).

10. Minimum Requirements for Award of Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree. Guideline 5.3 (A) for fixed-facility law schools (B) for correspondence law schools

11.Correspondence law school: policy establishing procedures for verifying the number of hours spent in study and preparation and accurate records of student time spent in study and preparation. Guideline 5.3(B).

12. Distance-learning law school: policy that establishes procedures for verifying student participation and study and accurate records of student time spent in study and preparation. Guideline 5.3(C).

13. All Special Circumstance Exemptions. Guideline 5.6.

14. Grading standards that ensure accuracy, validity, reliability, and consistency in the evaluation of student performance. Guideline 5.17.

15. Scholastic standards. Guideline 5.18.

16. Academic standing, academic disqualification, advancement in good standing, and the requirements for graduation. Guideline 5.19.

17. Policy on course repetition. Guideline 5.24.

18. Admission policy. Guideline 5.26.

19. Basis for readmitting student previously disqualified for academic reasons placed in the student's file. Guideline 5.34.

20. Policy on Admission as Visitors, Auditors or Non-JD Candidates. Guideline 5.36.

21. Library Requirements. Guideline 6.6.

22. Record-keeping and record recovery procedures, and all records required to be maintained pursuant to Division 9 of the Guidelines for Unaccredited Law School Rules. Guideline 9.1.

23. Policy that provides that transcript entries may only be changed upon a showing of good cause. The policy must set forth the procedure to be followed to apply for and approve a transcript change under that standard. Guideline 9.1(D).

To be admitted to practice law in California, an applicant must:

1. Complete the necessary pre-legal education;

• If completed other than U.S., your transcript and credential must be evaluated at one of the Credential Evaluation Services approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners. For lists of agencies:
  http://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=2rBgeXNuV9U%3d&tabid=2267

• VERY IMPORTANT: Login ID and Password is always required to check all status from the State Bar of California. So, please remember and note your ID and Password.

4. File an application, establish eligibility, take and pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination, or establish exemption from the examination;

5. File an application, establish eligibility, take and pass the California Bar Examination;

6. File an application for moral character determination and receive a positive moral character determination from the Committee of Bar Examiners;

7. File an application, take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, and achieve a scaled score of 86.00 or greater, which examination is administered and graded by the National Conference of Bar Examiners;

8. Comply with California court-ordered child or family support obligations.

There is no requirement of citizenship or residency, and there is no reciprocity with other states.

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First-Year Law Students' Examination and California Bar Examination Info

California Bar Exam Info

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You can obtain hard copy of past exams (2 years)

FYLSX

You can Register and obtain questions and answers to past exams (9 years) under "Questions and Selected Answers."