JULY 2009 CALIFORNIA BAR EXAMINATION RESULTS

 

THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA

OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS

180 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94105 1639. (415) 538 - 2303

1149 SOUTH HILL STREET, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90015-2299. (213) 765 - 1500

 

ESSAY QUESTIONS AND SELECTED ANSWERS

JULY 2009

CALIFORNIA BAR EXAMINATION 

 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The passing list for the July 2009 California Bar Examination will be released tomorrow, Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 6:00 a.m., P.S.T. 

 

The list will be organized both alphabetically and by Zip Code. The Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California reported that 56.4 percent of the applicants passed the July 2009 General Bar Examination (GBX). 

 

If the 4,888 passers of the July 2009 Examination satisfy other requirements for admission, they will become members of the State Bar.  

 

Statistical analysis showed that of the 8,667 applicants who took the GBX, 71.0 percent or 6,152 were first-time takers. The passing rate for the first-time takers was 70.0 percent overall while the passing rate for the 2,515 applicants repeating the examination was 22.0 percent overall. 

 

The first-time and repeater percent passing the GBX were rounded to whole numbers according to law school type. 

 

For more details and information please visit: www.calbar.ca.gov/ Congratulations to all Examinees who successfully passed the July 2009 California Bar Examination!