BLOOMBERG LAW — Nevada will offer its February bar exam online, becoming what appears to be the first state to ditch plans to force aspiring lawyers to take the test in-person in response to a spike in Covid-19 infections. The state will now offer a remote option for its Feb. 22-23 test, in addition to a revised in-person option, according to a State Bar of Nevada notice issued last week. The test will also be scaled down to state and local legal topics. It will not include the 200-multiple choice question Multistate Bar Examination, as the state has in previous tests, according to the notice. The move marks the latest chapter in the continuing chaos for test takers and bar examiners caused by the pandemic. It comes as some law schools have reverted to remote classes and several major law firms have delayed office-return plans, citing rising infections caused by the omicron Covid-19 variant. States across the country have returned to requiring test takers to sit for the bar exam in-person this year, including several that shifted to an online format early in the pandemic. Nevada appears to be the first state to move its February test back online.