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California Bar Exam Information

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ABOUT THE BAR EXAM

Format

Tuesday–set of three essay questions (3 hr. morning session); performance test (3 hr. afternoon session)
Wednesday – MBE

Thursday–set of three essay questions (3 hr. morning session); performance test (3 hr. afternoon session)

Subjects

• Business Associations
• Civil Procedure
• Community Property
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility
• Real Property
• Remedies
• Torts
• Trusts
• UCC (Art. 1, Art. 2, and provisions of Art. 9 concerning fixtures)

• Wills and Succession

Grading

To pass the exam, an applicant must have a total scale score of at least 1440 out of 2000 possible points.

Graders assign raw scores to essay and performance test answers in five-point increments from 40 to 100.

MBE scores are reported on a scale ranging from 0 to 2000 points. On the written section of the exam, applicants are graded initially on a basis of 1000 possible points: 100 points for each of the six essay questions and 200 points for each of the two performance tests. The scores obtained on the written section of the examination are then translated to the 2000-point MBE scale.

An applicant's total score is the scale MBE score (on the 2000-point scale) multipled by .35 plus the converted score on the written section multipled by .65.

GENERAL BAR EXAM INFORMATION

Contact Information

State Bar of California
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

State Bar of California
1149 South Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 765-1000

http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_generic.jsp?cid=10115

Bar Exam Dates & Locations

Feb. 24-26, 2009; July 28-30, 2009

Los Angeles; San Francisco

 

CA Bar Review Snapshot
Format—Tuesday–set of three essay questions (3 hr. morning session); performance test (3 hr. afternoon session);
Wednesday – MBE;
Thursday–set of three essay questions (3 hr. morning session); performance test (3 hr. afternoon session)
Feb. 24-26, 2009; July 28-30, 2009 in Los Angeles and San Francisco.