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The California Bar Examination is administered twice each year, once in February and once in July. Most law school graduates take the exam in July. The exam is taken between the hours of a.m. and p.m. over a two-day period.
View your application progress through your Admission Status Screen. Please contact us at admissions@calbar.ca or call 800-843-9053 if you have satisfied a requirement but it is not reflected in your Admission Status Screen.
California Bar Examination Please note that the State Bar does not offer reciprocity or accept bar exam scores from another jurisdiction.
Minimum: About 1/6 of a year in most cases. Most law students in the US graduate in late May and then take the bar exam in the third week of July. A few US states permit students to take the bar exam before they graduate from law school, as long as they have completed all of the requirements for their degree.
In order to report to the appropriate taxing authorities, financial institutions should use the State Bar of California's Taxpayer Identification number 94-6001385 on all Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts.
The Supreme Court of California approved the State Bar's requested modifications to the California Bar Exam, beginning with the February 2025 administration.
The Board of Bar Examiners publicly publishes the names of examinees that passed the Bar Exam, including their first, middle, and last names along with their city and state. The Board of Law Examiner's publishes a pass list that includes applicants' first and last names.
In most states, lawyers are also issued a unique bar identification number. In states like California where unauthorized practice of law is a major problem, the state bar number must appear on all documents submitted by a lawyer.
If you do not remember your bar number, please use the State Bar's attorney search feature to locate bar number. Search for your name to view your public profile which will include your bar number. Note: Your public profile will also state your admit date.
Bar notation is an easier way to write a repeating number by putting a line, or bar, over the repeating numbers. Here's another example. 1 / 7 = 0.142857142857142857142857142857... But using bar notation, you would say 1 / 7 = 0.142857 with a line over those numbers to show that they repeat over and over.