How hard bar exam in Australia, Australia does not have single bar exam like US, instead has admission via law degree, practical legal training and bar exam for barristers only, which is hard with pass rate 50% to 70%, requiring extensive study. To become lawyer in Australia, you need law degree 4 years, practical legal training $15K 6 months and admission as solicitor relatively easy with no bar exam, but to become barrister you need bar exam which is hard, with NSW Bar exam pass rate 60% to 70% and requires 3 months study of evidence, procedure and ethics, plus interview. For solicitors, no bar exam, just PLT and admission. For comparison, US bar exam pass rate 60% to 80% and requires 2 months study, with MBE 200 questions. Australian bar exam for barristers is hard, with written exam 3 hours, practical and ethics, plus 12 months reading with mentor, costing $10K to $20K. Overall, becoming lawyer in Australia moderately hard with law degree ATAR 95+ and PLT, but becoming barrister hard with bar exam 60% pass and 12 months pupillage. So bar exam in Australia for barristers is hard with 60% to 70% pass rate, requiring 3 months study and $10K to $20K costs, while solicitor admission has no bar exam and easier, with law degree and PLT sufficient, making barrister path hard and competitive with 6,000 barristers vs 80,000 solicitors.
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