California Attorneys' Examination

Your exam has no multiple-choice portion. Your prep should not either.

The California Attorneys' Examination is open to attorneys already admitted in another US jurisdiction who have practiced for a required number of years. It is essays and a performance test (PT), with no Multistate Bar Examination (MBE).

How fast can you type a rule statement?

The demo times you on a Short Rule from the library. No account needed.

Try Typing a Rule Statement

Bengos gives you rule statements for the California essay subjects and a daily pace set from your exam date, checked against the time you say you have each day. The PT gives you a file and a library with the law you need, so the way to prepare for it is to work through released past PTs.

You have practiced for years, but a full bar review course may be more time and money than you can spare while working. You also may not have typed out rules from memory against a clock since law school. A California answer at the commonly cited target length realistically calls for a raw typing speed of about 50 words per minute or better (here is how we worked that out). If you start two or more months out, type each new rule, and review on flashcards, we estimate about 70 to 80 minutes a day while Learn runs and about 15 to 20 minutes a day after (all typed: about 2.25 to 2.75 hours, then about 70 to 80 minutes). Your own time may differ, and it does not have to be one sitting: spread it across the day in shorter sessions, with breaks and other study in between. Reviews use spaced repetition on a schedule set by your own ratings, so the rules you rate low come back sooner. You can do those reviews by typing or on flashcards, and a rule reviewed in one counts for both.

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