The Good And The Bad Of A Fall Bar Exam
With the world in the midst of a global pandemic, unprecedented changes have occurred in all aspects of human life. Closures, delays, and cancellations have occurred in entities that were previously thought to be fixtures in our society, such as schools, universities, government offices, and even courthouses. The bar exam is no exception! For many test-takers, a fall bar exam is inevitable.
Because bar admission is administrated by the individual states, the states have a certain amount of control over the administration of the bar exam in their state. For states administering the Uniform Bar Exam, the National Conference of Bar Examiners announced on April 3, 2020 that “NCBE will make bar exam materials available for two fall administrations in 2020: September 9-10 and September 30-October 1.” Note that California is currently considering moving the exam back even further, to October 5-6.
As of this writing, most jurisdictions (31, in fact) are planning on administering a July bar exam. However, many of the states with the largest number of bar exam takers in July 2019 (California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, among others) have decided instead to administer a fall bar exam. See this post for a complete list of states’ bar exam dates.
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