California's law school deans have backed the National Conference of Bar Examiners' NextGen test while many local and ...

With a deadline looming, state bar trustees said they needed more time to choose between a California-centric exam and the ...

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.

If you’re prepping for the bar exam, you’ve certainly heard (and likely seen) how hard it is—but how much of that is true? And while we’re at it, how many questions can you expect? If you’re feeling ...

Okay, so I’m not going to pretend that the bar exam is easy peasy. You know it’s tough. But did you know that since February 2025, the average Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) score has been lower than it ...

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An exterior of the State Bar of California headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) An influential California legislator is pressuring the State Bar of ...

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If you’re preparing for the bar exam, you know you must pass to earn the right to practice law in your state, but how long will that take? The short answer is that the exam itself spans two full days ...