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Application Requirements and Procedures
  1. Complete the necessary general education;
  2. Register with the Committee of Bar Examiners as a law student or attorney applicant;
  3. Complete the requisite legal education;
  4. File an application to take the First-Year Law Students' Examination and pass, or establish exemption from the examination;
  5. File an application to take the California Bar Examination and after eligibility has been confirmed, take and pass the examination;
  6. File an application for a moral character determination and receive a positive moral character determination from the Committee of Bar Examiners;
  7. File an application, take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination and achieve a minimum scaled score as determined by the Committee  of Bar Examiners, which examination is administered and graded by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (www.ncbex.org); 
  8. Be in compliance with California court ordered child or family support obligations; and,
  9. Meet all admission requirements and take the attorney's oath of office no later than five years from the last day of administration of the California Bar Examination the applicant passes.
     
Examination Format
There are three parts in the General Bar Examination, i.e. six essay questions, the Multistate Bar Examination (200 multiple-choice questions), and two performance tests.  Each session of the examination takes three hours. 
 
DayA.M. SessionP.M. Session
TuesdayEssay 1, 2, 3Performance Test A
WednesdayMBE (100 questions)MBE (100 questions)
ThursdayEssay 4, 5, 6Performance Test B
 
 

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