2025 Bar Exam Laws 
JURIST
OCTOBER 23, 2024
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.
Above The Law
MARCH 13, 2025
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. If a school required pro bono hours, extra credit was given, Finally, we gave 10% to additional practical training offerings , such as required legal writing.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
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.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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!
ALPS
MAY 19, 2021
Chris Newbold: Hello, wellbeing friends, and welcome to the Path to Wellbeing in Law Podcast, an initiative of the Institute for Wellbeing in Law. I’m always pleased to introduce my cohost, Bree Buchanan, and I know Bree has been working hard as the inaugural president of the Institute for Wellbeing in Law.
Above The Law
MARCH 4, 2025
You know what’s worse than the disastrous rollout of a hastily thrown together bar exam overhaul? Rolling out a hastily thrown together bar exam retreat. Just when you thought the California bar exam disaster had reached its logical conclusion — after all, how much worse could it get?
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
When Kafka wrote Before the Law , he meant to describe the surreal hellscape of standing “before” the law, not the surreal hellscape of applicants “before” they become lawyers. Yet the powers-that-be have transformed the February administration of the California bar exam into a farce that would make Kafka blush.
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