Taking the bar exam sucks. Talking the California Bar sucks. Taking California’s February 2025 bar exam sucked so bad that anyone who sat through it should be able to add “Experimental Vacuum Test Subject” to the “Fun Fact” section of their resume. The State Bar has doled out several corrective measures since the exam date: refunds, providing a free attempt at the next exam, and they even decided to go with a policy change that will net test takers a higher final grade than usual. Bloomberg Law has coverage:
More than 200 February bar exam scores are expected to move from “fail” to “pass” after a California Bar committee approved new scoring adjustments.
Applicants who nearly passed and got a second read on their written questions will receive the higher of two scores for each question, rather than the average, according to a Friday email from the Bar.
Two hundred?! That’s like a whole first-year cohort of law school students going from “better luck next time” to “attorney” overnight! Test takers who signed up for the July exam that will have passing grades after the second read won’t have to sit through the exam. If you’re in the camp of people who may luck out of taking the July exam, save yourself the trouble of constantly refreshing your inbox and just check for the email at the end of the week.
Congratulations to all of the newly minted lawyers! And if your February grade still isn’t up to par, there’s a chance that the performance test portion of the test will be re-scored. Worst case scenario, best of luck in July.
Over 200 More California Bar Takers to Pass After New Adjustment [Bloomberg Law]
Earlier: California Bar Grading Screw-Up Resulted In Several False Failures
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent .
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Taking the bar exam sucks. Talking the California Bar sucks. Taking California’s February 2025 bar exam sucked so bad that anyone who sat through it should be able to add “Experimental Vacuum Test Subject” to the “Fun Fact” section of their resume. The State Bar has doled out several corrective measures since the exam date: refunds, providing a free attempt at the next exam, and they even decided to go with a policy change that will net test takers a higher final grade than usual. Bloomberg Law has coverage:
More than 200 February bar exam scores are expected to move from “fail” to “pass” after a California Bar committee approved new scoring adjustments.
Applicants who nearly passed and got a second read on their written questions will receive the higher of two scores for each question, rather than the average, according to a Friday email from the Bar.
Two hundred?! That’s like a whole first-year cohort of law school students going from “better luck next time” to “attorney” overnight! Test takers who signed up for the July exam that will have passing grades after the second read won’t have to sit through the exam. If you’re in the camp of people who may luck out of taking the July exam, save yourself the trouble of constantly refreshing your inbox and just check for the email at the end of the week.
Congratulations to all of the newly minted lawyers! And if your February grade still isn’t up to par, there’s a chance that the performance test portion of the test will be re-scored. Worst case scenario, best of luck in July.
Over 200 More California Bar Takers to Pass After New Adjustment [Bloomberg Law]
Earlier: California Bar Grading Screw-Up Resulted In Several False Failures
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim, is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent .
