Among the 4,458 people who passed California's July 2024 bar exam, five Harrises but no Trumps.

One person with the last name Newsom passed, as did a Shapiro. But there were no Vances, no Walzes, no Pritzkers, no Beshears, no DeSantises and no Haleys (excluding those with Haley as a first name).

After a week dominated by national election news, California's state bar on Sunday released the names of the successful 53.8% who passed the summer exam. The overall pass rate and the total number of soon-to-be-new lawyers were the second highest recorded over the last decade.

Aside from the future lawyers who share surnames with politicians—no, they weren't the actual pols dominating headlines in recent months—the pass list included applicants from around the world, including China, South Korea, India, Canada and the United Kingdom. Within the Golden State, 580 applicants listed addresses in Los Angeles. Another 318 are from San Francisco.

The successful 4,458 were the last to take the multistate bar exam multiple-choice section on the California test. The state bar is dropping the MBE in favor of a 200-question version written by Kaplan Inc. that will debut on the next test in February.

The 8,291 people who completed the July 2024 exam were also the last to take an exam administered mostly in large convention centers and hotel ballrooms. In a money-saving move, the bar is switching to an online exam that will allow many applicants to stay at home or visit smaller testing centers.

Those who passed the July exam can take the attorney's oath after they secure a positive moral character examination, pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination and show they are not on the California Department of Child Support Services' list of those owing family or child support.