Below is the Baby Bar pass/fail rates created from the California State Bar’s website. These are the available statistics from 2007-2018. As can be seen, the pass rates for the Law Office Study Program prove the FYLSX is statistically far more difficult than the General Bar Exam with a far lower number of test takers. Keep in mind that many of these statistics will include first-time and multiple-time test takers and that foreign-trained students, non-ABA, and ABA numbers are bunched together.
It would help if you also considered that sometimes, there are only a few LOSP test takers, or none, whereas there are hundreds of academically trained test takers. Last, you must understand that the California State Bar stopped tracking the Baby Bar pass and test rate, as these law reader examinees are infinitesimal and irremarkable.
Methodology:
Unlike the State Bar statistics, we are backing out the LOSP test takers from the total test takers to gather a mean number of people who have a traditional law degree, foreign or domestic, and those who read for the law. So in the below examples, the state bar would say four LOSP test takers and one passer means a 25% pass rate when compared to the 19% general bar exam pass rate, which could be several hundred examinees from academic institutions. But my goal here is to compare the mean total of academically trained test takers and nonacademic. These statistics are compiled from official data sources here. The FSLX is administered twice per year, in June and October.
October 2011 FSLX:
Data Missing
June 2011 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers and second-timers or more, totaled 726, with 365 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 726 Regular Examinees
- 130 Passed
- 18.7% combined pass rate compared with a 44% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 9 LOSP Examinees
- 3 passed
- 33.3% pass rate when compared to the above
October 2010 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 647, with 298 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 647 Regular Examinees
- 123 Passed
- 19.5% combined pass rate compared with a 25.7% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 6 LOSP Examinees
- 2 passed
- 16.7% pass rate when compared to the above
June 2010 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 776, with 435 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 776 Regular Examinees
- 186 Passed
- 24.6% combined pass rate compared with a 36.8% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 10 LOSP Examinees
- 4 passed
- 40% pass rate when compared to the above
October 2009 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 671, with 281 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 671 Regular Examinees
- 127 Passed
- 19.1% combined pass rate compared with a 24.2% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 13 LOSP Examinees
- 5 passed
- 30.8% pass rate when compared to the above
June 2009 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 729, with 371 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 729 Regular Examinees
- 153 Passed
- 21.5% combined pass rate compared with a 30.3% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 11 LOSP Examinees
- 0 passed
- 0% pass rate when compared to the above
October 2008 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 653, with 287 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 653 Regular Examinees
- 98 Passed
- 14.7% combined pass rate compared with a 30.3% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 10 LOSP Examinees
- 4 passed
- 40% pass rate when compared to the above
June 2008 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 785, with 390 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 785 Regular Examinees
- 204 Passed
- 25.9% combined pass rate compared with a 25% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 5 LOSP Examinees
- 1 passed
- 12% pass rate when compared to the above
October 2007 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 705. Around 135 or 19% of first-time candidates passed their examinations. Second-time candidates made up 22% of the total. Over 200 repeaters made it through with more than two attempts. (Source)
Statistics:
- 705 Regular Examinees
- 135 Passed
- 19% combined pass rate
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 4 LOSP Examinees
- 1 passed
- 25% pass rate
June 2007 FSLX:
The total number of FSLX examinations that took place during the academic year, including first-time takers, and second-timers or more, totaled 793, with 373 first-timers. (Source)
Statistics:
- 793 Regular Examinees
- 146 Passed
- 18.4% combined pass rate compared with a 27% ABA-accredited law school pass rate.
Law Study Program:
Statistics:
- 4 LOSP Examinees
- 1 passed
- 25% pass rate when compared to the above