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California Bar Examination Please note that the State Bar does not offer reciprocity or accept bar exam scores from another jurisdiction.
The State Bar does not have a retired status option; the only voluntary statuses are active, inactive, or resigned. If you simply stop paying annual fees, your license will be suspended. Notification of retirement is also not sufficient to change your status.
For the Office of Admissions to confirm your eligibility to take the California Bar Exam, you must mail an official sealed transcript(s) to the Office of Admissions at 845 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 once you have completed your LLM studies. Please note that electronic transcripts will not be accepted.
For California ABA-accredited law schools, the pass rate for first time test-takers was 81%, up 5 percentage points from 2023. The State Bar of California reported today that 53.8 percent of applicants passed the July 2024 General Bar Examination (GBX).
The State Bar does not have a retired status option; the only voluntary statuses are active, inactive, or resigned. If you simply stop paying annual fees, your license will be suspended. Notification of retirement is also not sufficient to change your status.
California doesn't offer reciprocity but offers a shorter bar exam for attorneys who are admitted in other states and who have been in good standing as an attorney in those states for at least four years prior to their application.
The State Bar of California has already gone ahead with the proposal to establish a state-specific bar test which is expected to be rolled out in 2025. This shift is a departure from the current Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) model and brings guaranteed change that is specific to California's needs.
California was one of the first states to unify its bar (1927). A unified, or integrated bar, means simply that membership is mandatory for all attorneys who are licensed to practice law in the state.
If you would like to change your status to resigned, log in to My State Bar Profile, select “Bar Card, Payment Receipt(s), and Other Documents.” Next, scroll down and select the Voluntary Resignation link. Please take a moment to carefully review the information provided regarding resignation.