State Bar of California Archives

What’s the Difference in Legal Titles?

January 1, 2023 8:51 amJanuary 1, 2023 8:54 am

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between an attorney and a lawyer? What about those who use the term counsel or esquire? In California, “attorneys” are those licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. But attorneys,...

Required Reports to the California Legislature

March 7, 2022 9:37 amMarch 7, 2022 6:54 am

On occasion, bills in California require a report to be provided to the Legislature or legislative committees. In those cases, there are required laws about how and where those reports are submitted. The laws are contained in the California Government...

California Bar To Readjust Thousands of Bar Exam Scores, Offer Free Retakes Following Technical Problems

November 15, 2021 12:13 pmApril 3, 2022 8:21 am

The State Bar of California announced during the weekend that due to the large number of technical issues that led to a massive number of test takers not passing, a large number of scores will be adjusted or be test...

California Bar Exam Leaked by California State Bar

July 29, 2019 3:15 pmJuly 30, 2019 9:40 am

From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” file: On Sunday, the State Bar of California admitted that it mistakenly leaked essay topics for Tuesday’s bar examination to 16 law school deans last week. Then after discovering the inadvertent leak,...

Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part ll

July 12, 2019 6:05 amJuly 12, 2019 6:54 am

The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...