The baby bar exam, also known as the First-Year Law Students Examination, is a one-day test given twice a year in June and October in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. It is administered by the State Bar of California and is designed to assess the legal education of students who are studying law through an apprenticeship or at an unaccredited law school. The exam consists of four one-hour essay questions and 100 multiple-choice questions, covering the subjects of Contracts, Criminal Law, and Torts. Applicants can take the exam if they have completed one year of law study. The baby bar exam is not a prerequisite for admission to the California Bar, but students must pass it before they can sit for the bar exam. The exam is challenging, and the pass rate can be even lower than the general bar exam. The baby bar exam is a tool that serves to both train and safeguard law students early in their education, providing real-time experience in the bar examination environment and checking the quality of legal education being offered.