Jose Cisneros, the elected treasurer of San Francisco, has become the first non-lawyer to chair the State Bar of California. Cisneros, who was named to the board of trustees by Gov. Gavin Newsom in ...

The California Supreme Court should reject the Bar’s approach and restore sanity to a process that matters so much to the practice of law. Getty Images/iStockphoto Sometimes bad decisions lead to even ...

Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state’s legal licensing body has caused ...

The State Bar of California’s new exam has been rife with problems, an A.I. controversy and now the likelihood of delayed results. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles Thousands of people ...

Sophia Park is the youngest person to pass the California bar exam, according to the Tulare County DA's Office. At 17 years and 8 months, she took the title from her brother. The Park siblings both ...

Sophia Park is believed to be the youngest person to pass the California State Bar Exam, besting the previous record-holder: her older brother, Peter. By Alexandra E. Petri Sophia Park, 17, and her ...