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California Bar Exam Topic Index

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Complete California Bar Exam Topic Index List

  • California Written Examination
  • Business Associations
  • Agency Formation
  • Actual and Apparent Authority
  • Principal Liability
  • Agent Duties
  • Partnership Formation
  • Partner Authority and Liability
  • Partnership Dissociation
  • Limited Liability Companies
  • Corporate Formation
  • Directors and Officers
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Shareholder Rights
  • Derivative Actions
  • Piercing the Corporate Veil
  • Mergers and Dissolution
  • Civil Procedure
  • Subject Matter Jurisdiction
  • Personal Jurisdiction
  • Venue
  • Removal and Remand
  • Erie Doctrine
  • Pleadings
  • Joinder
  • Discovery
  • Summary Judgment
  • Trial Motions
  • Judgments
  • Claim and Issue Preclusion
  • Appeals
  • Community Property
  • Classification
  • Management and Control
  • Transmutation
  • Debts and Creditors
  • Division at Divorce
  • Death of Spouse
  • Quasi Community Property
  • Constitutional Law
  • Judicial Review
  • Justiciability
  • Congressional Powers
  • Executive Power
  • Separation of Powers
  • Federalism
  • Dormant Commerce Clause
  • State Action
  • Due Process
  • Equal Protection
  • Takings
  • Freedom of Speech
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Contracts
  • Formation
  • Offer and Acceptance
  • Consideration
  • Defenses to Formation
  • Statute of Frauds
  • Parol Evidence
  • Interpretation
  • Conditions
  • Performance and Breach
  • Third Party Rights
  • Assignment and Delegation
  • Remedies
  • UCC Article 2 Sales
  • Warranties
  • Risk of Loss
  • Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Elements of Crimes
  • Homicide
  • Theft and Property Crimes
  • Inchoate Crimes
  • Accomplice Liability
  • Defenses
  • Fourth Amendment Searches
  • Arrests and Stops
  • Warrants and Exceptions
  • Exclusionary Rule
  • Fifth Amendment Privilege
  • Miranda
  • Sixth Amendment Counsel
  • Trial Rights
  • Double Jeopardy
  • Evidence
  • Relevance
  • Character Evidence
  • Other Acts
  • Authentication
  • Best Evidence
  • Witness Competency
  • Impeachment
  • Opinion Testimony
  • Expert Testimony
  • Hearsay
  • Hearsay Exemptions
  • Hearsay Exceptions
  • Privileges
  • Judicial Notice
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Attorney Client Relationship
  • Competence and Diligence
  • Confidentiality
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Fees
  • Client Property
  • Candor to Tribunal
  • Communications with Others
  • Advertising and Solicitation
  • Supervision
  • Discipline and Reporting
  • Real Property
  • Present Estates
  • Future Interests
  • Concurrent Ownership
  • Landlord Tenant
  • Easements
  • Covenants
  • Equitable Servitudes
  • Adverse Possession
  • Conveyancing
  • Recording Acts
  • Mortgages
  • Fixtures
  • Zoning
  • Takings and Land Use
  • Legal Damages
  • Restitution
  • Specific Performance
  • Injunctions
  • Declaratory Relief
  • Rescission
  • Reformation
  • Equitable Defenses
  • Punitive Damages
  • Torts
  • Intentional Torts
  • Privileges and Defenses
  • Negligence Duty
  • Breach
  • Causation
  • Damages
  • Negligence Defenses
  • Strict Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Defamation
  • Privacy Torts
  • Misrepresentation
  • Nuisance
  • Vicarious Liability
  • Trusts
  • Trust Creation
  • Trustee Duties
  • Beneficiary Rights
  • Modification
  • Termination
  • Charitable Trusts
  • Resulting and Constructive Trusts
  • Powers of Appointment
  • Wills and Succession
  • Intestate Succession
  • Will Execution
  • Revocation
  • Will Interpretation
  • Probate
  • Elective Share
  • Estate Administration
  • Nonprobate Transfers
  • Performance Test
  • Objective Memorandum
  • Persuasive Brief
  • Client Letter
  • Demand Letter
  • Opinion Letter
  • Statutory Analysis
  • Case Analysis
  • Rule Synthesis
  • Fact Application
  • Organization and Time Management
  • MBE Multiple Choice
  • Contracts and UCC Article 2

2026 Notes

  • The July 2026 California exam uses the NCBE MBE for multiple-choice sessions.
  • The State Bar scope page is illustrative and not an exhaustive outline of every testable rule.

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