Bar Exam Alternative in California Passes Key Hurdle
California is now one step closer to allowing law graduates to become licensed attorneys without taking the bar exam. The State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees has just voted to test run the Portfolio Bar Exam—an alternative pathway to licensure that would allow aspiring lawyers to spend four to six months working under the […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >Pennsylvania to Delay NextGen Bar Exam Rollout
Pennsylvania has chosen not to adopt the NextGen Bar Exam when it first rolls out in July 2026. Pennsylvania currently uses the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) test format for prospective attorneys, adopting it in July 2022. “It’s major for the commonwealth to have announced they will not be an early adopter,” said Thomas R. Kline […]
Read More >Current Bar Exam’s Farewell Delayed Until 2028
The current version of the bar exam won’t disappear in July 2027 after all. The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which designs the national components of the test, has now stated that it will continue to offer the existing Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) through at least February 2028 while also offering the new Next […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >The Top 3 Reasons You Failed The Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
The Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) has now been adopted by forty-one states across the country. Whether you plan on taking the bar exam in New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Missouri, or 37 other states, you are actually taking the UBE. In the past few years bar passage rates in many UBE jurisdictions has sharply declined. […]
Read More >New York July 2023 Bar Exam Results Have Been Posted
Check out the New York July 2023 bar exam results here To all of those who passed, congratulations! If you were not successful, contact us for a free score report evaluation and be sure to check out the Marino Retaker Program and Marino Tutoring options. Marino Bar Review is known for its success in helping retaker students pass the bar […]
Read More >The New York Bar Exam Results are Being Released!
The New York Bar Exam Results are Being Released! To all of those who passed, congratulations! If you were not successful, contact us for a free score report evaluation and be sure to check out the Marino Retaker Program and Marino Tutoring options. Marino Bar Review is known for its success in helping retaker students pass the bar exam on […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the July 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >Taking the Bar Exam In California Is Now More Expensive
Starting in February, law graduates taking the California Bar Exam will pay 26% more to sit for the test. The State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees just approved a slate of admission fee increases that is expected to generate an additional $7.9 million annually for the organization, which is facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. […]
Read More >Current Bar Exam Format May Stop Being Offered After 2027
The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) just announced that after the new NextGen Bar Exam launches in July 2026, the July 2027 bar exam may be the last administration of the current Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), a separate attorney ethics test, will not be affected by this change. […]
Read More >Oregon’s Supreme Court to Vote on Bar Exam Alternative
Oregon is about to become the first U.S. state to adopt a large-scale attorney licensing pathway that does not involve taking and passing the bar exam. The Oregon Supreme Court will now vote on a proposal to allow law school graduates to become licensed after working for 675 hours under the supervision of an experienced […]
Read More >California Botches Bar Exam for 2 Test Takers
The California State Bar just announced that two law graduates who took the July 2023 California Bar Exam were given the wrong tests. The two applicants who sat for the exam at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, California received two essay questions and a performance test that appeared on the February 2023 […]
Read More >Psychology Group Says To Stop Asking Aspiring Lawyers About Their Mental Health
The world’s largest professional psychology group has joined the movement to end the required disclosure of personal mental health information by individuals applying to become lawyers. The American Psychological Association (APA) has just approved a new policy pledging to work alongside the American Bar Association and state bar associations to remove all questions about mental […]
Read More >New Bar Exam Preview Gets Mixed Reviews
Last week, the legal community received a preview of the upcoming Next Gen Bar Exam scheduled to debut in July 2026, with the release of a selection of sample questions from the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The reaction has been diverse, with many expressing concerns about the exam’s perceived simplicity, while others contending it […]
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