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California Bar Examination Please note that the State Bar does not offer reciprocity or accept bar exam scores from another jurisdiction.
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.
You can take the bar exam five times in Texas. Note that ing to Texas's Board of Law Examiners, if you sit for any part of the exam, it counts as one of your attempts. If you need to retake the bar exam more than five times, Texas is a state that allows you to take the bar exam again with special permission.
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.
For California ABA-accredited law schools, the pass rate for first time test-takers was 81%, up 5 percentage points from 2023. The State Bar of California reported today that 53.8 percent of applicants passed the July 2024 General Bar Examination (GBX).
Bar Exam Pass Rates by State: Highest to Lowest Missouri: 86.3% New Mexico: 85.71% New York: 83.92% Montana: 82.61% Utah: 82.61% Oregon: 82.55% Nebraska: 81.67% Kansas: 81.51%
Is The California Bar Exam Hard? 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%.
Contact Center To speak with a representative, please call 800-843-9053 if you are in California. If you are calling from out-of-state, please call 415-538-2000.
The State Bar is led by a Board of Trustees and managed by staff who have served the legal profession and the state in various leadership roles.
Who governs the State Bar? Governors – four by California's governor, one by the state Senate Committee on Rules and one by the Speaker of the Assembly. The 23rd member of the Board of Governors is the State Bar president, who is elected by the other board members to serve a fourth year as the bar's chief officer.