Created by the state legislature in 1927, the State Bar is a public corporation within the judicial branch of government, serving as an arm of the California Supreme Court. All State Bar members are officers of the court. Membership in The State Bar of California affords attorneys the right and privilege of practicing law in this state.

Student Registration 

Law school students must register as students with the State Bar of California. The registration form must be completed accurately under penalty of perjury.

Potential students with any questions may contact the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California at:

The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 (Main Office)
415-538-2000 (Main Office)

845 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515 (Branch Office)
213-765-1000 (Branch Office)
www.calbar.ca.gov

Business & Professions Code

Pursuant to California Business & Professions Code section 6061.7(a), Abraham Lincoln University is providing its Information Report disclosure form.
Section 6061.7(a) Information Report

Bar Program Eligibility

Graduates of ALU’s JD program will be eligible to sit for the California Bar Examination (CBX). Upon successful completion of the CBX and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), receipt of a positive moral character determination, and fulfillment of all other licensing requirements, graduates will be eligible for licensure by the State Bar of California. Admission requirements for the State Bar of California can be found at http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Requirements.

Every law student who intends to be a general applicant for admission to practice law in California must register with the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California no later than 90 days after he or she begins the study of law and Bar preparation courses to obtain California Bar eligibility.

The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (JD) degree program is principally by technological means including interactive classes.

Students enrolled in the JD degree program at this law school who successfully complete the first year of law study must pass the First-Year Law Students’ Examination required by Business and Professions Code § 6060(h) and Title 4, Division 1, Chapter 1 Rule 4.3(I) of the Rules of the State Bar of California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination. A student who passes the First-Year Law Students’ Examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it will receive credit for all legal studies completed to the time the examination is passed. A student who does not pass the examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it must be promptly disqualified from the law school’s JD degree program. If the dismissed student subsequently passes the examination, the student is eligible for re-enrollment in this law school’s JD degree program, but will receive credit for only one year of legal study.

Study at, or graduation from, this law school may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in jurisdictions other than California. A student intending to seek admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law.