Oct. 8, 2025
Newsom signs bill reining in State Bar after botched February exam
SB 253 bans remote bar exams and mandates transparency after widespread failures and complaints over the February 2025 test.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will effectively delay the next administration of the California-only bar exam for at least two years.
"In response to the disastrous administration of the February 2025 bar exam, SB 253 requires the State Bar to go back to basics for the next few years by prohibiting remote administration of the bar exam and requiring the use of the Multistate Bar Exam for the multiple-choice questions," the bill's author, Sen. Tom Umberg, D-...
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