What is the pass rate for the California bar exam?

Today the State Bar released results of the February 2020 California Bar Exam and announced that 1,128 people (26.8 percent of applicants) passed the General Bar Exam.

How many questions are on the California bar exam?

It consists of four one-hour essay questions and 100 multiple-choice questions. The exam covers three subjects: Contracts, Criminal Law, and Torts. More than 700 applicants take the exam each year.

How long does the California bar exam take?

two days

What is tested on the California bar exam?

The MBE tests seven subjects: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts. Information regarding the MBE and an online practice examination are available through the NCBE’s website.

How long is law school in California?

roughly 3 years

Is the CA bar exam curved?

The bar exam (like many standardized tests) is equated over time, not curved in a particular administration. This means that the difficulty of passing the bar does not change from year to year, and does not depend on who else takes it.

Is it easy to pass the bar?

That being said, despite the notoriety of the bar exam’s toughness, 90% of people pass on the first time from decent law schools (higher for better schools). Thus, while the bar exam is extremely difficult, you only have to score around a D+ to pass.