If you are planning to take the bar examination in another state, please check to see what subjects are tested in that jurisdiction. This standardized exam consists of 60 multiple-choice questions. The exam is 2 hours and 5 minutes long and is administered three times a year, in March, August, and November. Your application must be filed within 90 days of your live-scan fingerprinting or you will have to re-do the prints.
The review process takes approximately months for the Bar to verify all information provided, and you will not be admitted to the Bar until it has approved your Moral Character Application. Your Moral Character Application will require information to be provided dating as far back as high school. Some of the information that will be asked of you includes:. An additional requirement for California Bar Exam applicants is the submittal of their fingerprints through Live Scan.
Your Moral Character Application will not be considered complete without the appropriately processed fingerprints. Applications for the February examination are available October 1, and applications for the July examination are available March 1. Applications are only available on the State Bar of California website. Complete fee information is also available through this website. Please be aware that there are timely and late filing deadlines, and that a late fee will be charged for applications submitted after the timely filing deadline has passed.
The examination application will ask for your student ID number in place of your social security number. This number appears on the following documents which you have received: exam instruction emails and official transcripts. Please note that this number is not printed on your university issued ID card OneCard. If you do not have a record of this ID number you may obtain it from myUSF by clicking on the link in the "Secure Access Login" box and following the instructions.
Presentation of a photo ID is required. Students who have received examination accommodations while attending law school must petition the Committee of Bar Examiners to receive accommodations for the Bar Examination. Admissions Rules , Rule 4.
In the event the application review identifies information that raises questions about whether the applicant meets the standard for good moral character, an applicant may be invited to attend an informal conference with State Bar staff to discuss the issues.
It will take several months to process an application and gather all of the documents needed to finalize a moral character determination. To check the status of your application, log in to your Applicant Portal. For questions, contact the Admissions Office at admissions calbar.
Any application not meeting these requirements is considered incomplete, and it will not be considered filed until it is brought to a complete status. An application submitted in hard copy form must be received in the Los Angeles Office of Admissions within 30 days of the date the application was signed.
It takes several months to process an application and gather all of the documents needed to finalize a moral character determination.
An applicant may check the status of an application by logging into the Applicant Portal and checking the status screen. In the event an applicant cannot access the Applicant Portal, the status of a moral character application may be obtained by calling the State Bar at and asking for the assigned moral character person of the day. An applicant has the burden of establishing that they are of good moral character.
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