State Bar & Bar Associations
Mar. 4, 2025
Bar exam may return to in-person format after technical failures
Technical failures prompt California State Bar officials to reconsider in-person format for next exam as law school leaders urge return to previous testing system.
The California State Bar announced on Monday it is "closely reviewing the performance of" the company that administered the botched February Bar Exam--and considering holding the next exam in person.
A source within the bar also confirmed there are no plans to abandon the new exam, which was written by Kaplan Test Prep. But a group of prominent law deans want to return to the Multistate Bar Examination used before the most recent test.
The bar's Board of T...
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