You are required to account for all periods of your education after high school. Please disclose each school you attended regardless of the duration of your attendance. If you attended a school during different periods of time, please disclose the school once and indicate each period of attendance at the school. You must upload a separate document to list each period of attendance.

Yes. The moral character application requires the disclosure of applications submitted to any jurisdiction for admission to practice law including, but not limited to, applications to be admitted by examination, on motion, or on diploma privilege; applications for reinstatement to a State Bar; and applications for determination of moral character. All submitted applications must be disclosed regardless of whether you were admitted, including applications that are withdrawn or otherwise did not result in a final determination.

You must disclose all professional licenses that include a character or fitness determination component (i.e., questions concerning convictions or disciplinary matters). Examples of professional certifications that typically include a character or fitness component include licensure as a Certified Public Accountant, Patent Practitioner, Real Estate Salesperson or Broker, Notary Public, and Teacher, or security clearance certifications.

You should list people who are knowledgeable about you and do not appear as an employment reference elsewhere in the application. Additionally, your personal references may not be related to you by blood or marriage.

The moral character application requires that at least one of your personal references be an attorney; the attorney may be retired or inactive. If you do not know an attorney who knows you well enough to comment on your character, you may submit the name and contact information of a nonattorney who knows you well enough to complete a questionnaire concerning your character. Neither the attorney nor other personal references may be related to you by blood or marriage, nor can they be reported as a supervisor under the employment section of the moral character application or as a verifying reference under the self-employment section of the moral character application.

You must disclose your current employer, even if it is not law-related, and you have not been there for at least six months.

You are not required to disclose to a potential employer. The moral character application requires you to disclose any employment, past or present, lasting more than six months, and any law-related employment, regardless of its duration. 

If you obtain new employment while your moral character application is pending or after you have received a positive moral character determination, but before you take the attorney’s oath, you must provide the new employment information to the State Bar within 30 days.

Provide the name of your direct supervisor. If you had more than one supervisor, provide the name of the individual most familiar with your conduct. If your supervisor is no longer at the company and you do not have their contact information, please list “Human Resources.” 

If your supervisor is related to you by blood or marriage, please list a non-related colleague who is familiar with your work. If no such person is available, you may list your relative as your supervisor. Please note how the supervisor is related to you on your application.

Yes. You must disclose all employment that is law-related or lasted more than six months, even when the employer is no longer operating. You do not need to provide a defunct employer’s address, email address, or phone number; however, if you have contact information for your former supervisor from the business, you must provide this information in your application.

Pursuant to rule 3.605 of the Rules of the State Bar, the State Bar does not intervene in disputes between a provider and an attendee or potential attendee. However, complaints that the State Bar receives regarding a provider are considered in assessing the provider’s compliance with State Bar certification rules. Please email your concerns to providers@calbar.ca.gov.

You must contact the employer and attempt to obtain the information. If you do not remember your supervisor’s name or your supervisor is no longer with the business, please enter "Human Resources" into the Full Name of Supervisor field and enter the appropriate information into the Email Address of Supervisor and Phone Number of Supervisor fields. 

If the company is no longer in business (defunct), contact information will not be required once you indicate that the company is no longer in business. 

Do NOT use your own email address or phone number.