Baby Bar Essays

1. Overview

First Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSE or "Baby Bar") is a required exam for those who go to non-ABA law schools, mostly correspondance and online law schools. It is administered by the State Bar of California. To learn more about it, please go to their official website. The site has the information on the description and grading and passage rates.

2. Format

It is one-day long, half essay and half multiple choice test. There are four essays in the morning and one hundred multiple choices in the afternoon. You have four hours to complete the essay section with about one hour for each question and three hours for the multiple choices. There is only lunch break between the morning and afternoon sections. For essays you have the options to type on your laptop or handwrite. For multiple choices, you fill in the bubbles using No.2 pencils.

3. Subject

Contracts, Torts and Criminal Law are tested. The subjects of Contracts and Torts touches on remedies issues and Contracts cover the UCC Sales. Unlike the bar exams, no Criminal Procedure issues are tested.

4. Subject

5. Past General Bar Questions for Baby Bar

2020 F Q1 Torts

2020 F Q3 Contracts

2019 F Q2 Torts

2019 J Q3 Criminal Law with Criminal Procedure

2019 J Q5 Contracts

2018

2018

2017 F Q2 Torts with Remedies

2017 F Q6 Criminal Law with Criminal Procedure

2017 J Q5 Torts

2016

2015

2014

2013 F Q1

2012 J Q6

2011 J Q1

2010 J Q5

2008 F Q3

2007 J Q4 with Constitutional Law

2007 F Q3

2006 F Q6

2004 J Q1

2003 F Q3 with Evidence

2000 F Q6 with Evidence

1999 J Q1 with Professional Responsibility

1997 J Q6

1996 J Q3 with Professional Responsibility

1996 F Q5

1994 J Q3

1992 J Q5

1988 J Q5