More California Bar Exam Information
True to form, it turns out the California Bar Exam was once again a very difficult test to pass.
As many of you know, I was not at all confident that I would pass. At one point I was seriously considering not taking the test because I believed I had not prepared enough. In the last few days I have heard from several people who were upset because I had convinced them that I would fail. Please indulge me while I explain how I came to that conclusion myself.
According to the official results, 8,908 took the three-day test. The overall passage rate was just 51.8 percent. First time test-takers such as myself did better (67 percent passage) than repeat takers (those who have failed the California Bar Exam at least once before). Only 15 percent of repeat takers passed.
In addition, lawyers who have been admitted at least four years in another jurisdiction were eligible to skip one of the three days. As I was sworn in to the Michigan Bar less than a year ago, I had to take the full three-day exam. Of the 319 lawyers took the two-day Attorneys' Examination, only 35.7 percent passed.
Thank God I made it. It is a huge relief. Next, before I can be sworn in and become eligible to practice law in California, I have to submit a lengthy character and fitness application and await the results of an investigation into my moral character. I am told this can take as long as eight months. But (hopefully) the hard part is over.
As many of you know, I was not at all confident that I would pass. At one point I was seriously considering not taking the test because I believed I had not prepared enough. In the last few days I have heard from several people who were upset because I had convinced them that I would fail. Please indulge me while I explain how I came to that conclusion myself.
According to the official results, 8,908 took the three-day test. The overall passage rate was just 51.8 percent. First time test-takers such as myself did better (67 percent passage) than repeat takers (those who have failed the California Bar Exam at least once before). Only 15 percent of repeat takers passed.
In addition, lawyers who have been admitted at least four years in another jurisdiction were eligible to skip one of the three days. As I was sworn in to the Michigan Bar less than a year ago, I had to take the full three-day exam. Of the 319 lawyers took the two-day Attorneys' Examination, only 35.7 percent passed.
Thank God I made it. It is a huge relief. Next, before I can be sworn in and become eligible to practice law in California, I have to submit a lengthy character and fitness application and await the results of an investigation into my moral character. I am told this can take as long as eight months. But (hopefully) the hard part is over.
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Your blog popped up on the "newly published" list and I liked the title, so I clicked - and discovered that we live in the same town. Small world.
I'll keep reading!
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