TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 2, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court today entered an order to address concerns with the July 2020 bar exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s order extends the amount of time certain applicants will be able to practice pending bar exam results and the expiration of MPRE scores. The court also created a process to transfer a July 2020 exam application to either a fall exam, if one is scheduled, or the February 2021 exam. The order also permits the Board of Law Examiners to offer a full refund of fees. “The Court’s temporary changes to Rule 7 address many of the questions being asked by recent graduates and exam takers arising from the COVID-19 crisis,” Board of Law Examiners President Bill Harbison said in a statement. “Tennessee has a plan for bar exam applicants, whether we move forward with no examination or multiple examinations in 2020, that provides opportunities to practice, to transfer the July 2020 application to a different exam, and to seek concurrent admission.” Read the full order here

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