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6:43 a.m. March 4, 2025: An earlier version of this story said test taker Ray Hayden could not afford to go to California to take the bar exam. In fact, he considered the journey a waste of money.

More than 200 California Bar Exam test takers have had their scores revised after the State Bar of California rescored tests taken in February. This decision comes after multiple lawsuits were filed ...

The California Supreme Court directed the State Bar of California to revert to traditional in-person administering of July bar exams after a new testing system created chaos and complaints. The new ...

(TNS) — Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state's legal licensing body has ...

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 ...

The California Supreme Court should reject the Bar’s approach and restore sanity to a process that matters so much to the practice of law. Getty Images/iStockphoto Sometimes bad decisions lead to even ...

The State Bar of California is suing the vendor that administered its February bar exam, a disastrous rollout of a new testing platform that shook confidence in the organization’s leadership, prompted ...

More than 200 California Bar Exam test takers have had their scores revised after the State Bar of California rescored tests taken in February. This decision comes after multiple lawsuits were filed ...

Exterior of the California State Bar headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The State Bar of California is suing the vendor that administered its February ...