These requirements are set out in section 6060 h 1 of the california business and professions code.
California baby bar exam dates.
Length of the bar exam.
Please reference your local jurisdiction s guidelines when preparing for your exam.
All applicants must be online no later than 8 30 a m.
The next california bar exam is scheduled for october 5 6 2020.
If you pass the baby bar outside of this window only one year of law study credit is granted toward the legal education requirements necessary to qualify for the california bar exam.
For the exam to verify their identification.
Under the direction of the california supreme court the exam will be administered primarily online.
Those approved for testing accommodations that cannot effectively be provided remotely and those with extenuating circumstances that prevent them from taking the exam online will be accommodated at limited in person testing locations.
October 2020 california bar examination.
Number of takers allowed to sit.
October 2020 bar exam faqs.
The exam will begin immediately following the instructions.
We have noted when states have changed or adjusted the dates and lengths of their bar exams below.
Not all law students have to take the baby bar.
Dates the bar exam is offered.
The first year law students exam is administered in the los angeles and san francisco areas in june and october each year.
Applicants must log into the exam a least 15 minutes prior to the posted start time of 7 45 a m.
In the morning the exam will be administered in four one hour sessions one hour per essay question.
The exam includes both essay and multiple choice quesitons and is administered in one day.
Monday and tuesday october 5 6 2020.
Applicants will be ready to begin the exam no later than 8 20 a m.
Applicants should plan to log in at least.
Passing score and grading process.
California baby bar exam overview.
The first year law students examination or baby bar is a one day test given remotely in june and november.
Law students completing their first year of law study in a juris doctor degree program at a state bar unaccredited registered law school through the law office study program and those without two years of college work attending a committee of bar examiners or an american bar association accredited law school must take the first year.