State Bar & Bar Associations
Feb. 16, 2018
State Bar to try psychology to boost test performance
The agency is permitting a research team to conduct a “productive mindset intervention” on the July bar exam
David L. Faigman, chancellor and dean at UC Hastings College of the Law, supports an effort to reduce stress for applicants taking the bar exam.
In an effort to bolster performance on the July bar exam, the State Bar has agreed to let an outside research team provide willing applicants with a psychological boost beforehand.
A so-called "productive mindset intervention" will aim to have participants see challenges they encounter while studying as learning opportunities rather than failures and to focus their attention on areas that should lead to success.
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