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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education

Apr. 25, 2025

Supreme Court demands to know how, why AI was used on bar exam

California Supreme Court investigates State Bar's undisclosed AI use in February bar exam questions, sparking transparency and reliability concerns.

Supreme Court demands to know how, why AI was used on bar exam
Katie Moran, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law

The California Supreme Court wants answers about how and why artificial intelligence was used to write questions for the February bar exam.

The State Bar caused an uproar this week when it disclosed near the bottom of a news release on remedies for the disastrous exam that some questions were AI-developed and subsequently revealed the agency's staff had approved this without clearly communicating the decision to leadership. The high court wasn't told either.

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