Continuing to update you, several states are actively investigating the software issues that plagued bar exam takers during this past July’s bar exam. Results from a California investigation have determined that out of more than 7,000 exam takers for the July 2021 California Bar Exam, about 31% experienced software issues. However, the State Bar of […]
While the bar exam results of some states have already been released, other states are likely to be delayed amid an ongoing probe into technical issues that some test-takers experienced. Both California and Illinois, for example, have now issued statements in which they have acknowledged that the results will not be released when expected. The […]
It is still early, but states are now beginning to release the results from the July 2021 bar exam. Pass rates fell in all but 2 of the 19 jurisdictions that have reported results thus far. Maine has notched the largest drop— its pass rate fell 27 percentage points to 59% compared to last year. […]
St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, recently received approval from the American Bar Association to offer the nation’s first online-only ABA-accredited law degree program. Stephen Burnett, a law school adviser at the education consulting firm All Campus LLC, explained the importance of the approval – “with this online program, St. Mary’s […]
You may have heard about the reports of technical issues that many bar exam takers faced this past July. Now California State Bar Officials have announced they will open an investigation into complaints about the problems that occurred during the remote bar exam, with other state bars likely to follow. Applicants around the country reported […]
There has been much discussion recently about possible changes to the bar exam. One suggestion proposed is to add legal technology as a new area tested on the exam. Bloomberg legal analyst Robert Brown recently wrote an article making the case for adding this subject. Brown notes that most law schools now offer some form […]
The worst nightmare of some bar exam takers became a reality last week, as technical glitches plagued the July remote bar exams, making this the third time in a row problems of this sort have occurred. “Unfortunately, some applicants did experience technical difficulties and needed to restart their computer to resume testing,” said ExamSoft spokeswoman […]
Here is some of the interesting debate going on Oregon, as it considers an alternative path to attorneys besides passing the bar exam Click here to read the article
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For those who will be taking the bar exam in less than 2 weeks, consider the case of James Archie Barnett, first admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1975. Mr. Barnett, now 73 years old, is believed to be sitting for the exam at the end of July. Barnett had been an admitted […]
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Many states are “remotely” holding their July 2021 bar exam, however, there are some states, like Texas, that have decided it was worth the risk to hold the exam in person. Now a bit of controversy has arisen concerning the Texas Bar Exam. Examinees who signed up for the in-person examination did so originally being […]
During the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, several state bars weighed the idea of allowing law graduates to obtain “diploma privilege”, to become fully licensed attorneys to practice law without taking the bar exam. Almost all of these states, however, ended up focusing on reforming the bar itself, as opposed to actually getting rid of […]
Wow, what a start to a career in law! When Georgia holds its next bar exam at the end of July, there will be one new law graduate sitting for the test who has already argued—and won—a case before the Georgia Supreme Court. Devin Mashman, aged 25, argued a case in February as a 3rd […]
A task force created by the New York State Bar Association has suggested that New York should withdraw its participation from the Uniform Bar Exam(UBE) and instead develop its own bar exam focusing more directly on New York rules of law. The State Bar’s House of Delegates just approved the recommendations of the Task Force. […]
The National Conference of Bar Examiners has revealed that it is not planning to make a remote bar exam available to jurisdictions for the February 2022 exam, and will instead only offer materials for an in-person exam. This news means, in effect, that the upcoming July 2021 test will be the final national online bar […]
In an important case involving the bar exam, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit just rejected a lawsuit which was filed by a Harvard Law School graduate against the New York State Board of Law Examiners over having been denied extra time to take the exam. The plaintiff, Tamara Wyche, claimed to […]
To all of those who passed, congratulations! If you were not successful, just 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 famous for its success in helping retaker students pass the bar exam on their next try. We do not […]
For those interested in how the U.K. handled it’s remote bar exam – Check out this story.
Apparently, California may have violated its own policies in administering the 2020 remote bar exam! Read about it here.
Congratulations to those who passed the NY Bar Exam! If you took the bar exam in February but not receive your results, you can check here to see if your name is on the list of passers. If you did pass, you are now able to begin taking your first year of mandatory CLEs. You […]
Check out the New York February 2021 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 […]
As anyone planning to take the July 2021 Bar Exam is likely aware, most states will be administering the test in a remote online format. The expectation is that once the COVID-19 pandemic abates, the bar exam will go back to its traditional, in-person format. But the situation has caused speculation as well as opinions […]
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