The First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX), or "baby bar," is a one-day test given remotely in June and October. The next First-Year Law Students’ Exam is scheduled for June 27, 2023. The exam will be administered remotely.
Not all law students have to take the baby bar. Law students completing their first year of law study in a juris doctor degree program at a State Bar-unaccredited registered law school, or through the Law Office Study Program, and those without two years of college work attending a California-accredited or an American Bar Association (ABA)-accredited law school must take the First-Year Law Students' Exam after completing their first year of law study.
Law students who have advanced to their second year of law study at an ABA or California-accredited law school and who have completed a minimum of 60 semester or 90 quarter units of undergraduate work are generally exempt from the exam.
Credit for law study completed after passing the First-Year Law Students’ Exam is governed by the Business and Professions Code and by Rule 4.31 of the Admissions Rules.
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