Forum Column - By Deborah England - On April 15, music industry mogul David Geffen settled his three-year legal battle with th...

Focus Column - Alternative Dispute Resolution - Michael P. Carbone - As mediation has become the preferred way to settle or av...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris threw her support Tuesday behind proposed legislation that would...

Column - By Valerie Fontaine - Congratulations on passing the State Bar Exam. Take some well-deserved time off to celebrate be...

QUESTION 1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A State X statute prohibits the retail sale of any gasoline that does not include at least 10 p...

LOS ANGELES - Daar & Newman's Petra Korn, a German lawyer who has tenaciously pursued her dream of practicing in the Unit...

QUESTION 6 WILLS & TRUSTS In 2003, Sam executed a valid testamentary trust, naming Tom as trustee. The terms of the trust...

Performance Test B QUESTION Law Offices of Alejandro Ruz and Rena Tishman The Canyons, Columbia MEMORANDUM To: A pplicant From...

QUESTION 2 CONTRACTS PC manufactures computers. Mart operates electronics stores. On Aug. 1, after some preliminary discussio...

QUESTION 5 REAL PROPERTY Alice and Bill were cousins, and they bought a house. Their deed of title provided that they were "jo...

QUESTION 3 CORPORATIONS Molly and Ruth were partners in the operation of a dry cleaning store. Recent government environmenta...

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If you are an attorney admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction outside California, you are what the Committee of Bar Examin...

Two Performance Questions and Answers The two performance tests measure the applicant's ability to handle real-life legal task...

WASHINGTON - With partisan passions sky-high over judicial nominations and speculation rampant about high-court retirements, t...

SAN LUIS OBISPO - Sheila McCann knew it was time to give up her legal career when she burst into tears after a client was sen...

INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES - TC Rich LLC purchased a 36,750-square-foot industrial building at 132 W. 132nd St. from Eun Hee Lee ...

QUESTION 4 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Ann represents Officer Patty in an employment discrimination case against City Police ...

Forum Column - By John Burris - When the verdicts in the Oakland "Riders" criminal police corruption trial were announced, I h...

Three San Francisco-area law schools took top honors in the 2005 Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition. Hastings...

Forum Column - By Patrick Mattimore - Last month at the Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, UC Irvine profess...

Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - Immigration issues continue to generate new approaches to dealing with what appears to b...

2005 Bar Exam Feature - LOS ANGELES - Bryan Thistle and Patty DeGaetano both found out at 6:01 p.m. Friday that their decision...

LOS ANGELES - District Attorney Steve Cooley and Assessor Rick Auerbach have asked the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

SAN JOSE - The second time was the charm for Mary Greenwood, a veteran administrator in the Santa Clara County public defende...

WASHINGTON - In a significant victory for federal, state and local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a p...

SAN DIEGO - A sharply divided federal appellate-court panel ruled Monday that judges are on safe constitutional ground when t...

LOS ANGELES - Since accessing his Bar Exam results Friday evening, 35-year-old paralegal and ex-Marine Michael Ehline has bee...

SAN FRANCISCO - A leading First Amendment attorney who successfully challenged a federal child pornography law should not rec...

LOS ANGELES - Skyway Airlines finalized an $8 million settlement Monday with a 40-year-old Los Angeles woman who fell down a ...