Law Exam Syllabuses

All India Law Entrance Test conducted by NLU Delhi for its BA LLB, LLM and PhD programs.

Common Law Admission Test for entry into National Law Universities for UG and PG law programs.

Delhi University law entrance, now conducted via CUET-PG, for admission to its LLB program.

Law School Admission Test for India, used by many private law colleges for UG and PG law admissions.

Maharashtra Common Entrance Test for admission to 5-year and 3-year LLB courses in Maharashtra.

Provincial judiciary competitive exam in Pakistan for recruiting Civil Judges (Junior Division) cum Judicial Magistrates, spanning civil, criminal, Islamic, and general law plus language and general knowledge papers.

HEC-mandated Law Admission Test for admission into LLB programmes in Pakistan, covering English, General Knowledge, Pakistan Studies, Islamiat, Urdu, Mathematics and written essay/personal statement.

Study hierarchy for Pakistan's Bachelor of Laws (LLB) examination covering constitutional, criminal, civil, commercial, and Islamic law per HEC and Punjab University syllabi.

California's state-specific bar exam administered by the State Bar of California for attorney licensure.

ALA credential for professionals managing law firm operations and administration.

California exam required of students at unaccredited law schools after their first year, known as the Baby Bar.

The standard professional graduate law degree earned at an ABA-accredited US law school, required to sit most bar exams.

Standardized test required for admission to ABA-accredited U.S. law schools.

Advanced postgraduate law degree often pursued by foreign-trained lawyers to qualify for a US bar exam.

200-question multiple-choice component of the bar exam testing core subjects, administered by NCBE.

Essay component of the bar exam consisting of analytical questions across various legal subjects, written by NCBE.

Bar exam skills component requiring examinees to complete realistic lawyering tasks from a closed file.

Separate ethics exam on professional conduct rules required for admission in nearly all US jurisdictions.

New integrated bar examination from NCBE replacing the UBE format, phasing in beginning 2026.

NALA's Certified Paralegal / Certified Legal Assistant credential demonstrating paralegal competency.

USPTO exam qualifying technically trained individuals to practice as patent agents or patent attorneys before the office.

NFPA's Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam leading to the Registered Paralegal credential for experienced paralegals.

NCRA certification for court reporters demonstrating skill in capturing legal proceedings.

Standardized multi-state bar exam (MBE + MEE + MPT) whose portable score is accepted by most US jurisdictions for attorney licensure.

Vocational course (largely replaced by the BTC) preparing law graduates to become barristers in England and Wales.

Current vocational training stage for aspiring barristers, offered under various provider formats approved by the Bar Standards Board.

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives qualification route to becoming a CILEX Lawyer, an alternative path to solicitor/barrister routes.

Law conversion qualification for non-law graduates, equivalent to the GDL, recognised across England and Wales.

Postgraduate vocational qualification required to begin a traineeship as a solicitor in Scotland.

Conversion course allowing non-law graduates to qualify for legal practice training in England and Wales.

Admissions test for undergraduate law applicants at several leading UK universities, testing verbal reasoning and essay writing.

Two-stage (PEAT 1 and PEAT 2) professional education and training programme for qualifying as a solicitor in Scotland.

Vocational postgraduate course (legacy route, being phased out by SQE) preparing graduates for solicitor training.

Period of practical legal work experience required for solicitor qualification in England and Wales (traditionally the training contract).

Mandatory supervised work-based training period for trainee barristers in chambers, the final stage to qualify at the Bar.

Former assessment route (now closed/replaced by SQE) allowing qualified foreign lawyers to requalify as solicitors in England and Wales.

Centralised two-part assessment (SQE1 and SQE2) that all aspiring solicitors in England and Wales must pass to qualify.

Mandatory suitability/admission requirement administered by the SRA before a candidate can be admitted as a solicitor.

Assessment enabling solicitors to gain advocacy rights in the higher courts of England and Wales.