Tuesday, April 28, 2020

California Postpones its Bar Exam to Sept 9th and Looks to Online Testing

The Supreme Court of California on Monday ordered the July California Bar Exam be postponed to Sept. 9-10, and directed the State Bar to make every effort to administer the test online with remote or electronic proctoring. 

The State Bar of California should also allow those registered to withdraw with a full refund through the day before the exam, Sept. 8.

Exam results should be disclosed to takers no later than Dec. 31.

Among the other measures approved by the court:

Work with the National Conference of Bar Examiners to facilitate online administration of the multiple-choice part of the test—the 2020 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), or some variation of it—in September.

Submit a workplan to the court no later than May 11, with planned goals and milestones for online administration of the tests.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners, which provides the Multistate Bar Examination, will formally announce its plans for administering its exams, including exam dates, on May 5. The organization has begun initial planning to offer the exam Sept. 9-10.

One of two scenarios presented to the Supreme Court by the California Bar’s Board of Trustees was the development of a provisional certification program, under which those eligible would be certified to work under the supervision of a licensed California attorney.

The court indicated that it will continue to explore that and other options as circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic develop or change.

In addition to the issues of the bar exam, California will also make changes to the First-Year Law Students’ Examination (the Baby Bar) with online administration and postponement of the test.

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