Okay, so I’m not going to pretend that the bar exam is easy peasy. You know it’s tough. But did you know that since February 2025, the average Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) score has been lower than it ...

National Conference of Bar Examiners releases details about the new test Incoming first-year law students will be the first to take the NextGen bar exam May 25 (Reuters) - With a new bar exam set to ...

Feb 14 (Reuters) - The State Bar of California on Thursday offered a full refund to the 5,600 people scheduled to sit for its new bar exam later this month if they want to withdraw from taking it — an ...

Over 60,000 aspiring attorneys take the bar exam every year, but not all of them pass. But what are the bar exam pass rates, and how hard is it, really? In this guide, I’ll outline the trends and ...

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For the record: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 ...

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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.