The California Bar Exam is notoriously difficult and has the lowest passage rate of any bar exam in the country. It is even ranked as one of the most challenging exams in the world. As of this writing, it is a three day exam that consists of both essays and multiple choice questions.
https://www.thoughtco.com/states-with-most-difficult-bar-exams-2154802
If you’d like to see the full ranking of the most difficult bar exams, click here. As expected, California takes the top spot for the most difficult bar exam in the nation. At 18 hours of testing spread over three days, this one was a gimme.
http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/which-state-has-the-most-difficult-bar-exam/
And, that is the state where you will take the bar exam, so this is an important decision to make. The degree of difficulty of the bar exam varies by state; some states have noticeably more difficult exams than others, and therefore have lower percentages of passage.
https://www.thoughtco.com/states-with-most-difficult-bar-exams-2154802
If this is your first Bar Exam, read the following profiles with care and do everything in your power NOT to fall into any one of these the next time around. You are not worried enough. You got by in law school—maybe not the top 10%—but you passed all your classes, so you think you will get by now.
http://www.passlaw.com/10-reasons-why-people-fail-the-bar-exam/
If this is your first Bar Exam, read the following profiles with care and do everything in your power NOT to fall into any one of these the next time around. 1  You are not worried enough. You got by in law school—maybe not the top 10%—but you passed all your classes, so you think you will get by now. 2  You are too worried.
http://www.passlaw.com/10-reasons-why-people-fail-the-bar-exam/
After all, the July 2013 bar exam is just around the corner, and in this kind of a competitive job market — you know, the kind of job market where only 56 percent of graduates secured long-term, full-time jobs that required bar passage in 2012 — passing the test is more important than ever.
http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/which-state-has-the-most-difficult-bar-exam/
Fewer law school graduates pass bar exam in California. A group of administrators from nearly 80 law schools, including University of LaVerne College of Law Dean Gilbert Holmes, has asked the National Conference of Bar Examiners to review how the bar exam is scored after a big drop in passage rates this year.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-bar-exam-20141208-story.html
I agree with the previous post. Delaware has a bar exam that is just as difficult as California's Bar Exam. Like, California, Delaware has a 2 1/1 day exam. It also has 8 or 9 essays and 2 MPT's. The essays are 45 minutes and MPT's are 90 minutes.
http://www.witnesseth.typepad.com/blog/2013/04/the-most-difficult-bar-exams.html
Less than half of law school graduates who took the July bar exam in California passed. For the first time in nearly a decade, most law school graduates who took the summer California bar exam failed, adding to the pressure on law schools already dealing with plummeting enrollments, complaints about student debt and declining job prospects.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-bar-exam-20141208-story.html
If this is your first Bar Exam, read the following profiles with care and do everything in your power NOT to fall into any one of these the next time around. 1  You are not worried enough. 2  You are too worried. 3  You have not learned the law.  You are the 1  Dreamer. You have weak reading comprehension skills.
http://www.passlaw.com/10-reasons-why-people-fail-the-bar-exam/
how difficult is the california bar exam
The California Bar Exam is notoriously difficult and has the lowest passage rate of any bar exam in the country. The California Bar Exam is notoriously difficult.