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No one in their reasonable mind would like to take the bar exam — not only is the test so stressful it could give you a heart attack, they don’t even have protocol to timely assist you if that actually happens! Ideally, law schools would be good enough to vet which of their students are competent to practice upon graduation. Until then, there has to be some mechanism for sifting the minimally competent from the people who need to do a couple more close reads of their hornbooks. NextGen wants to be that mechanism but they still need some tweaking to make the most out of the test, and they’re willing to pay test takers to help them out. The only caveat? You had to take the January bar exam:

If you’re willing to sit through a mock exam for $1500, set an alarm for a week from now! As stated above, you can apply to take the NextGen bar between August 15th and September 8th. Given that the stakes of this bar are much lower than determining if the time, effort, and six figures you invested in law school were all for naught, you might even enjoy taking this test. Probably not, but getting paid to take a test could be enough to help you get through it.

Earlier: Would You Take The Bar If They Paid You Like A 4th Year Associate?


Chris Williams 2025

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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No one in their reasonable mind would like to take the bar exam — not only is the test so stressful it could give you a heart attack, they don’t even have protocol to timely assist you if that actually happens! Ideally, law schools would be good enough to vet which of their students are competent to practice upon graduation. Until then, there has to be some mechanism for sifting the minimally competent from the people who need to do a couple more close reads of their hornbooks. NextGen wants to be that mechanism but they still need some tweaking to make the most out of the test, and they’re willing to pay test takers to help them out. The only caveat? You had to take the January bar exam:

If you’re willing to sit through a mock exam for $1500, set an alarm for a week from now! As stated above, you can apply to take the NextGen bar between August 15th and September 8th. Given that the stakes of this bar are much lower than determining if the time, effort, and six figures you invested in law school were all for naught, you might even enjoy taking this test. Probably not, but getting paid to take a test could be enough to help you get through it.

Earlier: Would You Take The Bar If They Paid You Like A 4th Year Associate?


Chris Williams 2025

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.

The post Miss Your First Bite At Getting Paid To Take The Bar? Don’t Miss Out This Time! appeared first on Above the Law.