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First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) Syllabus
California exam required of students at unaccredited law schools after their first year, known as the Baby Bar.. The complete First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) outline — 5 subjects, 23 chapters and 90 topics — laid out so you can see exactly what has to be covered and tick each item off as you go.
First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) subjects
Each subject below has its own page with the full chapter → topic → sub-topic tree and a set of real exam-style flashcards.
5 chapters · 22 topics · 39 sub-topics
Sales of Goods (UCC Article 2)4 chapters · 15 topics · 28 sub-topics
Torts4 chapters · 19 topics · 50 sub-topics
Criminal Law6 chapters · 22 topics · 52 sub-topics
Legal Analysis and Exam Skills (IRAC and MBE)4 chapters · 12 topics · 22 sub-topics
First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) flashcard decks
274 question-and-answer cards across 5 decks, written against this syllabus. Preview any deck free.
How to work through the First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus
The outline on this page is arranged the way the syllabus itself is: subject, then chapter, then topic, then sub-topic. That last level is what most study plans skip, and it is where coverage actually goes wrong — a chapter marked "done" often has three sub-topics inside it that were never touched.
Weight your plan accordingly: Contracts (Common Law) carries 22 topics while Legal Analysis and Exam Skills (IRAC and MBE) carries 12. Giving both the same number of weeks is the most common planning mistake for First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar).
The ~105 hour estimate above is a first pass only: roughly 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic. Revision cycles, past papers and mocks sit on top of that number.
First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus FAQ
What subjects are in the First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus?
First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) covers 5 subjects: Contracts (Common Law), Sales of Goods (UCC Article 2), Torts, Criminal Law and Legal Analysis and Exam Skills (IRAC and MBE). Together they contain 23 chapters and 90 named topics.
How big is the First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus?
The full First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) outline breaks down into 23 chapters, 90 topics and 191 sub-topics. Contracts (Common Law) is the largest single subject with 22 topics across 5 chapters.
How long does it take to cover the whole First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus?
Roughly 105 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 5 weeks.
Are there First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) flashcards?
Yes — 274 question-and-answer flashcards across 5 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.
Is this First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus free to use?
Yes. Every page here is free to read, and importing the First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX / Baby Bar) syllabus into the Examius app to tick off topics as you finish them is free too, in United States and everywhere else. No account is needed to start.
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