加州律师考试,英文全称为California Bar Examination,简称为CABAR。自2017年7月起,CABAR由原先的三天制考试调整为两天,即为每年二月和七月的最后一个周二、周三举行考试。CABAR在加州四个地区设有考场,分别为Los Angeles area、San Diego、San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area以及Sacramento。CABAR分为三个考试科目,分别为联邦单选题(MBE) 、简答题(ESSAY)以及论述题(PT)。CABAR及格分为1440分,考试成绩5年有效。
2018加州律师考试内容详解,加州律考考试范围
Business Associations
Civil Procedure
Community Property
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Criminal Law and Procedure
Evidence
Professional Responsibility
Real Property
Remedies
Torts
Trusts
Wills and Succession
Business Associations
各种有关于商业协会的信息都有可能成为加州律考的考题。其考试问题包括但不限于企业、独资企业、合伙企业(合伙制、有限合伙制、有限责任合伙制)、合资企业、有限责任公司以及商业关系固有的代理原则。
Civil Procedure
在加州律考中,考试内容不仅涉及到联邦民事诉讼法,还涉及到加州民事诉讼法。所以,对于二者的差异,考生一定要细心加以区别,因为这很有可能就是考点,尤其是加州特有(而联邦法没有相对应的)的辩护和实践程序。
Evidence
加州证据法和联邦证据法有差异,考生也一定要细心加以区别。
Professional Responsibility
考生要求了解加州律师职业操守、加州商业和职业守则相关章节,关于联邦和州判例法中涉及到的PR问题也都需要了解。PR可能和其他任何科目结合作为考题出现。
Wills and Succession
考生要求熟悉以下加州遗嘱与继承法内容以及其特定的使用情况。
Division 2. General Provisions
Part 1. Effect of Death of Married Person on Community and Quasi-Community Property, Sections 100-103
Part 3. Contractual Arrangements Relating to Rights at Death, Sections 140-147, 150
Part 5. Simultaneous Death, Sections 220, 222-224
Part 6. Distribution Among Heirs or Beneficiaries, Section 240
Division 6. Wills and Intestate Succession
Part 1. Wills
Chapter 1. General Provisions, Sections 6100, 6101, 6104, 6105
Chapter 2. Execution of Wills, Sections 6110-6113
Chapter 3. Revocation and Revival, Sections 6120, 6121, 6123
Part 2. Intestate Succession, Sections 6400-6402
Division 11. Construction of Wills, Trusts and Other Instruments
Part 1. Rules of Interpretation of Instruments, Sections 21105, 21109, 21110
Part 6. Family Protection: Omitted Spouses and Children [for decedents dying on or after January 1, 1998]
Chapter 2. Omitted Spouses, Sections 21610-21612
Chapter 3. Omitted Children, Sections 21620-21623
Multistate Bar Examination
Multistate Bar Examination简称为MBE,由National Conference of Bar Examiners(NCBE)开发并评分,考的是联邦法内容。MBE考试分为两个三小时的考试,每次分别考100道题,一共200道题。MBE具体考试科目为:Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts。