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California Supreme Court approves state bar exam modifications

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The Supreme Court of California confirmed the 2025 bar exam will be the first to implement the new exam modifications on Tuesday. The exam is currently only offered in person and will be administered remotely or in person starting in February 2025.

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The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2025)

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A common complaint practicing lawyers have is that while law schools cost a fortune, they simply dont teach the most essential skill needed for professional competency. We asked schools for the number of students who completed a clinic in 2023-24. We asked schools to provide us with such information as they saw fit.

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February Bar Exam MBE Score Sinks To All-Time Record Low — Again

Above The Law

According to the NCBE, of the 15,350 people who took the February 2025 exam, approximately 71% were likely repeat test-takers, meaning theyd already failed the exam previously. The February administration is usually dominated by repeaters, as July is the traditional time for new law graduates to take the test.

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California’s Bar Exam Fiasco Enters Next Stage Of Stupid

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In a decision announced late last week , the California Supreme Court ordered the state to ditch its newly independent exam and return to the NCBEs Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) for at least the July 2025 administration. The February exam was an absolute disaster.

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California Bar Exam Managed To Be Even Worse Than Expected

Above The Law

We all knew that this administration of the California bar exam would be a disaster. The new test employing Kaplan questions and administered by Meazure Learning suffered setback after setback in the lead up to the test, prompting the bar examiners to preemptively offer refunds and then a free retake.

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Buy One Get One Free Cal Bar Exams!

Above The Law

The February administration of the California bar exam is so broken that they’re offering a free July test to everyone who fails. Despite the trouble they’ve faced, California’s effort to reinvent the bar exam was born out of necessity. The post Buy One Get One Free Cal Bar Exams!

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 14 – Kyle McEntee

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Today, let’s delve a little bit more into another, I think, area of the wellbeing discussion that is a really important one, and that’s the intersection of wellbeing and the role of law schools. Our guest today, he’s a good one. Bree Buchanan: I love it. Chris Newbold: We welcome Kyle McEntee to the podcast.