SAN JOSE - Citing a rift between two Santa Clara County prosecutors during grand jury deliberations, the defense attorney rep...

SAN FRANCISCO - Lassen County Superior Court Judge Ridgely Lazard, one of only two judges in the rural county, will no longer...

REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Joseph E. Bergeron displays little doubt about why he enjoys his current...

SAN FRANCISCO - An epic fee fight, which prompted the state Supreme Court to announce strict rules governing attorneys' fee-s...

RANCHO MIRAGE - City officials have accused the operators of a mall of violating what may be the only municipal law of its ki...

SAN FRANCISCO - The move to let lawyers cite unpublished opinions by California's appellate courts took a small step Tuesday ...

LOS ANGELES - An appeals court has halted the release of grand-jury testimony in legendary rock producer Phil Spector's murde...

According to the State Bar, the performance test consists of reading, organizing and writing. Most of us have been reading si...

Performance Test A QUESTION MEMORANDUM To: Applicant From: Annabelle Lee Date: July 27, 2004 Re: Jack Donovan and Bargain Mar...

LOS ANGELES - Calling it a "significant milestone," Deputy District Attorney William Hodgman Monday released a new set of gui...

Performance Test B QUESTION Memorandum To: Applicant From: Daniel Spitz Date: July 29, 2004 Re: Jaynes v. Palm Gardens Group ...

Petra Korn speaks three languages. She's studied law since she graduated from high school in her native Germany. She snagged a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pillsbury Winthrop has been quietly and carefully experimenting with a controversial practice that many of th...

Question 2 Question 2 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW State X amended its anti-loitering statute by adding a new section 4, which reads as...

QUESTION 6 TORTS Jack owned the world's largest uncut diamond, the "Star," worth $1 million uncut, but $3 million if cut into ...

QUESTION 4 EVIDENCE Victor had been dating Daniel's estranged wife, Wilma. Several days after seeing Victor and Wilma togethe...

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Some are rejoicing today; some are in despair. The fate of 8,500 State Bar applicants has been sealed by the labor of unseen h...

QUESTION 3 Wills & Succession Hank, an avid skier, lived in State X with his daughter, Ann. Hank's first wife, Ann's moth...

QUESTION 1 CRIMINAL On Aug. 1, 2002, Dan, Art and Bert entered Vince's Convenience Store. Dan and Art pointed guns at Vince a...

QUESTION 5 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY After working for 10 years as a deputy district attorney, Lawyer decided to open her o...

2004 Bar Exam Feature - When Veronica Ramirez, an associate at Sacramento's Downey Brand, found out Friday morning that two ot...

Focus Column - Tax Law - By Brian W. Toman and John R. Messenger - The state Franchise Tax Board has publicized widely its eff...

SAN DIEGO - With the outcome of the race for mayor of San Diego hanging in the balance, a retired judge Monday refused to issu...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury Monday acquitted one former police officer of all charges stemming from the infamous ste...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appellate court ruled Monday that a probate attorney could be found negligent for failing to draft a ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Monday urged all parties involved in the dizzying Credit Lyonnais affair to settle the comple...

LOS ANGELES - Juvenile court referee Mildred Escobedo claimed victory Monday in her race for a seat on the Los Angeles Superio...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate panel Monday delved into a Los Angeles murder mystery involving a scribbled phone number ...

Column - By Garry Abrams - Last week in a Delaware court, Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner passed his audition f...