California State Bar Log In In Orange
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The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) is recognized as tax-exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN 36-6110299).
Created by the state legislature in 1927, the State Bar is a public corporation within the judicial branch of government, serving as an arm of the California Supreme Court. All State Bar members are officers of the court.
If you have any questions or require further assistance with registering in the Applicant Portal, please email admissions@calbar.ca.
California Bar Examination Please note that the State Bar does not offer reciprocity or accept bar exam scores from another jurisdiction.
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.
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.
California's General Bar Exam pass rate of 53.8 percent is up from last year's July pass rate of 51.5 percent, and 2022's July pass rate of 52.4 percent. Preliminary statistical analyses show that of the 8,291 applicants who completed the GBX, 67.7 percent were first-time takers.
The bar exam pass rate of an apprentice is about ⅓ of that of a student who attends an ABA approved law school, ing to a study by Priceconomics. With a passing rate of approximately 27% for apprentices, it is clear there are topics that can be missed, that a traditional law school is sure to cover.
Has anyone passed the bar exam in California without completing law school? Yes. California is one of four U.S. states that will allow you to sit for a bar exam without a law degree. In the past five years, 12 people have passed the California bar exam without completing law school.
Yes, the California bar exam is widely considered to be the most difficult of all state bar exams in the US. The California bar exam has a pass rate of 34%.
