Software contractor for Georgia bar exam heads to federal court over negligence claims
BLOOMBERG LAW — ILG Technologies LLC convinced a federal judge that only negligent misrepresentation claims can proceed in a case brought by a group of Georgia bar applicants after a software glitch caused them to be wrongly told they failed the exam.
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WIBC — The Indiana Supreme Court has unanimously ordered adjustments to future bar exams. They are making the adjustments due to concerns about the coronavirus and after reviewing a report called the “Study Commission on the Future of the Indiana Bar Examination.”
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LAW360 — The North Carolina Board of Law Examiners announced Monday it would hold the February 2021 bar exam remotely after refusing to adopt such an option for the July 2020 exam, citing the availability of new options from the National Council of Bar Examiners and the state’s rising COVID-19 cases.
Read More about North Carolina to hold February bar exam remotely due to rising COIVD-19 casesAccessLex Institute publishes aggregated information on law school enrollment, diversity, and bar passage
ACCESSLEX — The 2020 Legal Education Data Deck utilizes datasets made publicly available by third parties to offer a snapshot of certain data and trends organized around the three guiding principles of AccessLex Institute’s research agenda: access, affordability and value in legal education. This is a living document that is updated periodically.
Read More about AccessLex Institute publishes aggregated information on law school enrollment, diversity, and bar passageCase Western Reserve Law discusses bar exam success
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On November 30, the Ohio Supreme Court released the results of the most recent Ohio Bar exam. With a 94 percent Bar pass rate (59 out of 63), Case Western Reserve School of Law graduates performed the best out of nine Ohio law schools for first-time takers.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Florida in February will again hold its bar exam remotely to avoid exposing test-takers to the coronavirus, the state’s Supreme Court announced Wednesday as cases spiked in the state. The court didn’t want to risk canceling an in-person test as it did in July amid a worrisome increase in Covid-19 cases.
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WCIA.COM — Officials with the Illinois Supreme Court said they will hold the February 2021 Uniform Bar exam remotely. In a tweet on Friday, Court officials said they made the decision because of the continued health risk and the overall success of the administration of October’s exam.
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WESTERNSLOPENOW.COM — The Colorado Supreme Court has announced that the February 2021 bar examination will be administered remotely rather than in-person in response to increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Colorado, which may continue to rise this winter.
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REUTERS — As COVID-19 restrictions force students to take remote exams, universities around the world are relying on proctoring software like Examplify. But many students are wary of the technology, including mass data collection and bias in facial recognition.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — The bar exam is the price of admittance for those who want to practice law, and passing the dreaded exam, particularly on the first try, is far from a given. In 2019, statistics show, 79.6% of first-time test-takers passed the bar in their states. That means more than 20% failed.
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