Accreditation & Registration

Our online law degree program is registered with the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) of the State Bar of California as an unaccredited distance learning law school. ALU’s authority to grant a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, which qualifies graduates to take the California Bar Examination and obtain admission to the practice of law in California, is through the Committee of Bar Examiners.

Unlike most other institutions, we include preparation classes in the cost of tuition*, proactively supporting our students to master the skills needed to prepare for the First Year Law Students’ Examination (FYLSX, commonly referred to as the “Baby Bar”). This exam is taken at the end of the first year of law school study and serves as a valuable basis for the California Bar Examination (CBX), which is required of JD graduates who would like to become licensees of the State Bar of California and to practice law in California.

ALU students must pass the First-Year Law Students’ Examination (FYLSX) at the end of the first year of law school study. For additional information regarding the law school, including bar passage rates and the Business & Professions Code Section 6061.7(a) Information Report, please visit ALU’s Consumer Information page.

Those who are enrolled in our online law degree program must register as students with the State Bar of California. Registration requires the completion of a form directly on the State Bar’s official website, www.calbar.ca.gov, as well as payment of a registration fee. The registration form must be completed accurately under penalty of perjury. Potential students of the online law degree program may contact the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California.

*As of December 15, 2020.