TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 7, 2020

Bar examinees across the country faced technical problems both days of the first-ever national online bar exam, though it appears that the vast majority of the more than 30,000 people taking the test were able to access it, Law.com reports. Some test takers reported delays in being able to log in to the exam or having to restart their computers in order begin testing. Software company ExamSoft administered the exam in 18 jurisdictions, including Tennessee, on Monday and Tuesday of this week and said more than 98% of test takers were successful in starting the exam. Some examinees expressed skepticism of those figures since the number did not include those who called the support line and simply hung up after being put on hold for too long. Yesterday, the move for diploma privilege got a boost when the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and the Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities sent a letter to the Conference of Chief Judges requesting that jurisdictions adopt temporary diploma privilege programs for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.