Baby Bar

or ba·by bar

[ bey-bee bahr ]

noun

, Informal.

1. in California, a one-day examination focusing on contract, criminal, and tort law that is administered to certain students at the end of their first year of studies in law, depending on where they are studying and what previous studies they have completed: formally called the First-Year Law Students’ Examination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Baby Bar¹

First recorded in 1950–55