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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 31, 2025
Well have to wait to see just how bad this early indicator is for overall pass rates. National bar exam score hit record low in February [Reuters] February 2025 MBE Scores See Modest Decline From Prior 2 Years [Law.com] Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011.
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Above The Law
MAY 5, 2025
And everything got checked by subject matter experts before landing on the exam anyway, making the use of AI on 23 of the 171 questions more of a tempest in a teapot, but that didnt stop headlines like “Californias Bar Exam: Brought to You by ChatGPTs Drunk Cousin.”
At the Lectern
MAY 2, 2025
The February bar exam was a technical debacle. Cheryl Miller reports on Twitter : “California’s Supreme Court lowers the raw score needed to pass the Feb 2025 bar exam, citing ‘the particular issues’ cited on the test. The Supreme Court took action today in response.
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.
HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
“Former Oxford Academy student passes state bar at a record 17 years, 8 months old”: Michael Slaten of The Orange County Register has this report. And Alexandra E.
Above The Law
MARCH 3, 2025
The Public Opinion has coverage: As many as 50 South Dakota law students will be able to bypass the bar exam over the next five years under a set of rules for alternative licensure recently approved by the state Supreme Court. The program will be open to up to 10 USD law students a year over a period of five years.
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