California explores pathway to legal practice without the bar exam
REUTERS — The State Bar of California is contemplating a new admissions pathway that would allow law graduates to become licensed without taking the bar exam.
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NCBEX — The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced today the planned duration and structure of the NextGen bar exam and the date by which the current bar exam will officially sunset.
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REUTERS — The new bar exam set to debut in July 2026 will be about three hours shorter than the current one.
Read More about Next-generation bar exam to reduce test time by three hoursUniversity of Iowa Law celebrates graduates’ results on the bar exam
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — The recent Iowa bar passage results show remarkable improvements in performance for Iowa Law graduates.
Read More about University of Iowa Law celebrates graduates’ results on the bar examOpinion: Law schools should take a page from med schools in a post-AI landscape
BLOOMBERG LAW — Bar exams moved online during the pandemic, fueling attention to issues under discussion, such as widely varying bar pass rates from state to state, and large costs to graduates of prep courses needed even after three years of law school.
Read More about Opinion: Law schools should take a page from med schools in a post-AI landscapeJuly bar exam multiple choice scores see slight increase
ABA JOURNAL — The national mean scaled score for the July 2023 Multistate Bar Examination, which consists of 200 multiple-choice questions, is 140.5, the National Conference of Bar Examiners announced Thursday.
Read More about July bar exam multiple choice scores see slight increaseCalifornia Bar considers consolidating exam sites and raising administrative fees
LAW.COM — Last week, trustees agreed in principle to drop two of five standard testing sites—one in Sacramento and one in San Diego—planned for the February 2024 bar exam.
Read More about California Bar considers consolidating exam sites and raising administrative feesNational Conference of Bar Examiners releases sample questions from NextGen Bar Exam
NCBE — The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which develops bar exam content for 54 US jurisdictions, has published the first publicly available samples of two new question types that will be featured on the NextGen bar exam, which is set to launch in 2026.
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REUTERS — The public got its first glimpse of the new bar exam set to debut in July 2026 when the organization designing it released a selection last week of sample questions—and some legal educators aren’t impressed with what they saw.
Read More about Law professors react to sample questions from the NextGen Bar ExamFlorida holds off on adopting new bar exam
REUTERS — Florida will not use the new version of the bar exam when it debuts in July 2026—an early blow to the revamped test that the National Conference of Bar Examiners is currently designing.
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