REGISTRATION

The State Bar of California, through its Committee of Bar Examiners, regulates admission to the practice of law in California. Those persons who wish to seek admission to practice law in California are required to register with the State Bar of California within ninety days after beginning the study of law. This is in accordance with Rule V, Section 2, of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California. It is the student’s responsibility to comply with the rules of the Committee of State Bar Examiners. A copy of Rules Regulating Admission to the Practice of Law in California is available at the Irvine University Administration office or may be obtained from the CBE.

CBE State Bar of California - Los Angeles
1149 South Hills St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213.765.1500

CBE State Bar of California - San Francisco
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415.538.2303

FIRST-YEAR-LAW-STUDENTS EXAM (FYLSX)

Upon completion of one year of law study, all first-year students at Irvine University College of Law will take the First Year Law Students’ Examination. The Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) administers the FYLSX twice a year. According to Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California, all law students shall not receive credit for any law study until they have passed the FYLSX. If they fail, they may continue to take classes while they sit for the FYLSX on subsequent administrations. They will not, however receive credit for these upper-level classes until they pass the examination within three consecutive administrations. Those who do not pass the examination within three consecutive administrations of first becoming eligible to take the examination but who subsequently pass the examination shall receive credit for their first year of law study only.

Non-bar students are not required to take the FYLSX.

QUALIFYING LIMITATIONS

“The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (JD) degree program is principally in physical classroom facilities”.

“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 Section 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in 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, 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 educational requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law”