Opinion: California State Bar needs to do more to help those affected by troubled bar exam rollout

April 23, 2025

THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE — We, as applicants for the February 2025 California Bar Exam, expected a fair assessment of our legal knowledge and reasoning. Instead, we encountered widespread technical failures — so severe that even the California Supreme Court acknowledged the “disappointment, stress and frustration” caused by delays, lost responses and system crashes.

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Podcast: Advice for law students on sleep habits

April 23, 2025

LAW EXAM TOOLBOX — Today, we’re excited to talk to sleep and productivity expert Lindsay Scola.

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Podcast: Advice on answering bar exam questions on crimes against the person

April 23, 2025

BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Today, we’re discussing four crimes against the person – assault, battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping.

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Podcast: Advice for answering discovery questions on the bar exam

April 17, 2025

BAR EXAM TOOL BOX — This is the second of three episodes in which we review the substantive Civil Procedure law we’ve covered in our “Listen and Learn” series. 

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Pass rates for Multistate Bar Exam hit record low for February 2025

April 14, 2025

REUTERS — Results for the February bar exam’s multiple-choice portion of the national test were the lowest on record and suggest that pass rates for the entire test will be down.

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Podcast: Advice for answering civil procedure questions on the bar exam

April 14, 2025

BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — This is the last of three episodes in which we review the substantive Civil Procedure law we’ve covered on the podcast. 

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California State Bar considers provisional licenses for February bar exam test takers

April 7, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — The State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners has placed the option of provisional licenses for candidates who fail or withdrew from the February California bar exam on the table.

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California State Bar announces greater test oversight following troubled bar exam rollout

April 7, 2025

REUTERS — The California Supreme Court will step up its oversight of the state’s lawyer admissions following the chaotic February bar exam, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said during her annual State of the Judiciary address.

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California State Bar works to find remedies for problematic February bar exam rollout

April 1, 2025

BLOOMBERG LAW — The California State Bar leaders who oversaw the February Bar Exam that glitched and crashed widely must now decide how to clean up the mess.

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Opinion: University of San Francisco Law professor Katie Moran discusses how the California State Bar should fix problems with bar exam rollout

April 1, 2025

BLOOMBERG LAW — It’s day one of the bar exam, and the first essay question is on a subject you don’t recognize. You’ve just had the dream every attorney in the US has had at least once—the standard bar exam nightmare.

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