There are two bar exams every year. The first is given in February and the second is given in July.

• What can disqualify a person from sitting for a bar exam?
• If a person passes the bar exam, is he or she automatically entitled to practice law?
• Can all law school graduates take the bar exam?
• What is the American Bar Association?
• What does it take to become a lawyer?
• Do many states have family courts?
• What is the relationship between state high courts and state constitutions?
• Are all state court systems based on the three-tiered model of trial court, intermediate appellate court, and final appellate court?
• Do all state high courts have the same number of justices or judges?
• Are all state high courts called supreme courts?
• Which states do not have elections for any type of judges?
• How are state court judges picked?
• How are state court systems established?
• Do courts always follow their past decisions?
• Is there a difference between mandatory authority and persuasive authority?
• What opinions have precedential value?
• If the majority opinion becomes the law of the land, are concurring and dissenting opinions important?
• What is the work product of judges and courts?
• Are there other federal courts that are not Article III courts?
• What does the Federal Magistrates Act do?