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Bar Examination

Professional Doctorates and Practice Licenses

A bar examination is the licensing test a jurisdiction's bar association or legal regulator requires a prospective lawyer to pass before being formally admitted to practise law there. Formats and difficulty vary enormously by country, ranging from multiple choice tests to lengthy essay and practical components, and pass rates swing from as low as six percent in Japan to far higher figures elsewhere. Nearly every jurisdiction requires candidates to first complete a recognised law degree, and many add a further period of supervised practical training before the examination itself may be sat. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Qualification Level
Professional licensing examination 1
Awarding Body Type
Bar associations and government legal regulatory bodies 1
Typical Duration
Typically a one or two day examination, following three to seven years of legal study 1
Country of Origin
Administered separately in jurisdictions worldwide under both common law and civil law traditions 1
Field of Study
Law 1
Connections

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Juris Doctor (JD), Qualifications

JD graduates must still pass a jurisdiction's bar examination before they are licensed to practise law, per the JD's own live entity-description.

Source Juris Doctor (JD) (Wikipedia)
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    A bar examination is an examination administered by the bar association of a jurisdiction that a lawyer must pass in order to be admitted to the bar of that jurisdiction.
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Graduates must still pass a jurisdiction's bar examination before they are licensed to practise law.
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