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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jul. 28, 2015

Trustees vote unanimously to shorten length of bar exam

Largely unchanged for more than 25 years, the California State Bar exam will be shortened from three days to two days beginning in July 2017. The reduction comes with goals of improved efficiency and cost savings.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - California's difficult, exhausting bar exam will shrink from three full
days to two days beginning in July 2017, State Bar trustees decided Friday.


Voting unanimously after only limited debate, the bar board adopted a proposal to
alter the format of the exam - largely unchanged for more than 25 years ...

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