Exam Results Information

The October 2020 bar exam results were released at 6:00 p.m. on January 8, 2021. The pass list was posted on January 10, 2021. Check the pass list for your name.

Successful exam applicants

Congratulations to all successful applicants. Check your admission status to see if you have satisfied the requirements for admission. Once you satisfy the requirements, you can take the attorney’s oath. Information about your State Bar license and how to update your contact information will be sent to the address on your record. The information will include what the State Bar requires for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) and how to pay your annual fees.

For more information, read this bulletin for successful applicants.

• Admissions/attorneys oath
• Transfer of MBE scores to other jurisdictions
• Admission to U.S. District Courts
• Certificate of admission
• Enrollment information
• Annual fees information
• Paying fees online with My State Bar Profile
• MCLE information
• New Attorney Training Program
• Ethics Resources

Virtual swearing-in

Due to COVID-19 and in order to adhere to current health advice and to ensure safety for all, in-person admission ceremonies have been canceled until further notice.

Applicants can swear in virtually once their oath packets have been received. To do so, please follow these guidelines:

1. Ensure that you have designated the appropriate authority (official) to conduct the ceremony and that the person is authorized to administer the oath. The officials who are authorized to take the attorney oath are listed here.
2. The oath cards require that they be signed by both the applicant and the official swearing in the applicant (both need to sign the same card). That can be done as follows: the applicant can sign the oath card and mail it to the official swearing them in, or the official swearing them in can sign the card first and mail it to the applicant. In either scenario, the last person signing needs to sign it and mail it back to the California State Bar Office. The oath cards have to be mailed back to the State Bar of California, Attorney Regulation, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
3. A notary public cannot administer the attorney oath virtually outside California. A notary public can only administer the attorney oath in-person outside California.
4. Please note that applicants cannot be sworn in without their oath cards.

Questions? Read our oath card FAQs

Unsuccessful exam applicants

If you did not pass and want to repeat the test, you must register by the final filing deadline on January 25, 2021. For more information, please read through this bulletin for unsuccessful applicants.

• Grade information
• Other jurisdictions accepting October remote exam score transfers
• Bar examination study aids
• Application information - February 2021 California Bar Examination

Information about a past exam

You may want to review past exams, including questions and selected answers, as well as other information.

• Percentile Table
• General Bar Examination Summaries
• Attorneys' Examination Summaries
• Past Examination Statistics
• Past Examination Questions and Selected Answers