TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 2, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court today issued an order cancelling the July 28- 29 Uniform Bar Examination, citing the increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state and in Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville where the July exam was scheduled to take place. All those registered for the July exam should now expect to sit for the Sept. 30- Oct. 1 exam, which is moving ahead as planned. President of the Board of Law Examiners Bill Harbison said in today’s press release, “We understand that this has been a difficult time for recent law school graduates and the Board is committed to making the Uniform Bar Examination available to all July 2020 applicants before the end of the year, absent any new “safer at home” orders or other significant changes.” Other states are making similar decisions, including Florida, whose Board of Bar Examiners yesterday canceled the July in-person exam, opting to instead administer an online exam in August.