TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 27, 2020

The California Supreme Court has delayed the July bar exam until September and directed officials to “make every effort possible” to administer the test online with a combination of electronic and remote proctoring, the ABA Journal reports. The court declined to adopt “diploma privilege” for graduating law students but said if the September exam becomes infeasible, it would consider altering or amending its directives. In related news, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Board of Bar Examiners announced last week that it will create and deliver its own online bar exam if it is unsafe to deliver the traditional test in September, though they note that such an exam would only allow for local admissions. It also declined to adopt emergency diploma privilege, Law.com reports.