Despite very high pass rates, the bar exam is one of the most challenging professional ventures you can take. In 2024, the national average pass rate for first-time test takers from ABA-accredited law ...

If you’re planning to take the bar, you’ve probably heard people toss around words like scaled score, raw score, or minimum passing score. And honestly? It can get confusing fast. The good news is ...

Over 60,000 aspiring attorneys take the bar exam every year, but not all of them pass. But what are the bar exam pass rates, and how hard is it, really? In this guide, I’ll outline the trends and ...

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Oct 11 (Reuters) - California bar examinees will be able to take the attorney licensing test from outside the Golden State once the new exam gets final approval for a February launch. The State Bar of ...

May 6 (Reuters) - An investigation by the State Bar of California concluded that a lack of heating at a San Francisco-area testing site for the February 2024 bar exam did not impact scores, the ...

DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- After three years of law school and months of preparation, hundreds tried to focus on Wednesday inside Daly City's Cow Palace on day two of the attorney licensing exam. "You ...

6:43 a.m. March 4, 2025: An earlier version of this story said test taker Ray Hayden could not afford to go to California to take the bar exam. In fact, he considered the journey a waste of money.