INFORMATION for the June 2022 First-Year Law Students' Examination

 
The instructions for the June 2022 First-Year Law Students' Exam are accessible here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL_RrMU2uYk

Review all Minimum System Requirements before registering.

Minimum System Requirements for 2.8.4

Mac Requirements for Examplify Version 2.8.x:

• Ensure you are connected to internet and your laptop is plugged into the power and your battery is fully charged in case of power failure
• Ensure there is no one else in the room
• Disconnect external cameras and mics - use built-in resources only
• Remove all textbooks, notes, or other materials from your workspace
• Turn off your cell phone, music, TV
• Remove headphones/earbuds
• Use the bathroom before your test as you will not be able to get up during the exam

To avoid being flagged, be sure to follow these best practices:

• Ensure that you have privacy for the entire exam - do not interact with other people or receive any outside assistance
• Remain focused on the exam, without looking at your phone, textbooks, or notes
• Do not read exam questions out loud 
• Do not use your mobile phone at any time
• Do not get up from your computer for any reason until your exam is complete

Exam Day Schedule (all times PST)

As soon as the password is released, you may begin a session. You will be asked to verify your ID with a photo before you enter the exam session.

You will not be allowed any physical scratch paper during the exam. You can use the "notes" in the Tool Kit as your virtual scratch paper.

Check your audio: A new feature in ExamSoft enables you to verify that your audio is being captured. Please check this during your mock exam and again on exam day:

1. When you have logged into the exam, on the screen where you are prompted to take your picture, in the top right corner, click the Settings (Gear) icon, then Device Preferences.
2. Confirm that camera and microphone are selected and that you see your image.
3. Start speaking to verify that the sound bars next to the microphone display indicate that your microphone is receiving audio signal. For more details, click here: https://help.examsoft.com/s/article/Examplify-Take-an-Exam-with-ExamID-and-ExamMonitor and navigate to section: Camera and Microphone Selection
   

Examplify Minimum System Requirements can be found here: https://examsoft.com/resources/examplify-minimum-system-requirements

Before you register, please make sure your laptop meets the Minimum System Requirements listed here: https://examsoft.com/resources/examplify-minimum-system-requirements

• Webcam: Required for ExamID and ExamMonitor. You may not use any virtual camera software with ExamID or ExamMonitor. *you must have a functional, internal webcam* 
• Microphone: Required for ExamMonitor
• Surface devices including Surface Laptops, Surface Pro and Surface Books are permitted if they are running Windows 10
  
• Bluetooth keyboard or mouse must be connected prior to starting a secure exam as it will not allow an applicant to access any settings to pair a device during the exam.

Note 1:  You can complete the laptop registration process only ONCE.  Please make sure that the laptop you are using to complete this process is the one you will be using for the examination.

You will be required to put in an Institution ID when registering Examplify. After you download the latest version of Examplify, run the installer and enter the Institution ID followed by your File Number and password. The Institution ID for the First-Year Law Students' Examination is "firstyearonline".

Note 2: Applicants for the upcoming First-Year Law Students' Examination may initiate and complete the registration process with ExamSoft once they receive an email with their admittance ticket after the State Bar’s Office of Admissions has determined eligibility for the examination.  You will not receive a ticket in the mail.

Note 3: Even if you have downloaded Examplify for a previous Bar Examination, you must log in, download and register Examplify again.  Under the “Exam Takers” section, log in with your Applicant ID and Password. Please use your 6 digit File number as your Applicant ID and the password sent to you via email. 

Note 4: Installing Examplify and successfully registering your computer, taking and uploading BOTH Mandatory Mock Exams by the deadline means that you are ELIGIBLE to use your laptop for the First-Year Law Students' Examination under the guidelines set forth by the State Bar’s Office of Admissions. Applicants planning to use their laptop for the examination must have their laptop registered. 

Exam Day Instructions

Essay Question Instructions

Your answer should demonstrate your ability to analyze the facts in the question, to tell the difference between material facts and immaterial facts, and to discern the points of law and fact upon which the case turns. Your answer should show that you know and understand the pertinent principles and theories of law, their qualifications and limitations, and their relationships to each other.

Your answer should evidence your ability to apply the law to the given facts and to reason in a logical, lawyer-like manner from the premises you adopt to a sound conclusion. Do not merely show that you remember legal principles. Instead, try to demonstrate your proficiency in using and applying them. 

If your answer contains only a statement of your conclusions, you will receive little or no credit. State fully the reasons that support your conclusions and discuss all points thoroughly.

Your answer should be complete, but you should not volunteer information or discuss legal doctrines that are not pertinent to the solution of the problem. 

You should answer according to legal theories and principles of general application.

Multiple Choice Question Instructions

The Multiple Choice portion of the First Year Law Students’ Examination consists of  100  multiple-choice questions, split into two separate 50-question sessions.     

Each of the questions or incomplete statements is followed by four suggested answers or completions.  You are to choose the best one of the four stated alternatives.  The facts of some of the questions on this examination may appear to you to be similar or identical to the facts of other questions on the examination.  Do not make any assumption about any apparent factual similarities between separate questions.  Read all the facts of EACH question carefully as if you had never seen them before.

The following instructions apply to the respective subject areas:

1. Answer all questions according to legal theories and principles of general application, unless the instructions that follow or the instructions on a specific question ask for a different rule.

2. For contract questions, assume that the following provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code are in effect.

        a. All of Article 1

        b. All of Article 2

3. For criminal law questions, unless the question specifically asks for a different rule, answer according to principles of general application in the United States.

4. For tort questions, unless the question specifically states otherwise, assume the jurisdiction has not adopted comparative negligence, no-fault, or any guest statute.

Your score will be based on the number of questions you answer correctly. It is therefore to your advantage to try to answer as many questions as you can.  Use your time effectively.  Do not hurry but work steadily and as quickly as you can without sacrificing your accuracy.