{"id":130535,"date":"2025-08-15T08:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/15\/new-yorks-clock-should-stop-act-could-ensure-safety-measures-for-future-bar-exams\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T08:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:24:40","slug":"new-yorks-clock-should-stop-act-could-ensure-safety-measures-for-future-bar-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/15\/new-yorks-clock-should-stop-act-could-ensure-safety-measures-for-future-bar-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s \u2018Clock Should Stop Act\u2019 Could Ensure Safety Measures For Future Bar Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the lackluster health emergency protocol the New York Board of Law Examiners displayed last month, readers, test takers, and even lawmakers<\/a> have penned letters admonishing the bar for not doing better. In a perfect world, the NYBOLE would own up to their mistakes and implement safety protocols to ensure that there would be a response team on the ground in the event of an emergency. Instead, they responded with a press release that looks like their in-house attorney sent a couple of drafts back to their PR department before they could send it out.<\/p>\n

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This sounds a lot like a lawyer-advised statement. pic.twitter.com\/tmafrk1er4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean Silverman: Silverman Bar Exam & LSAT Tutoring (@BarExamTutor) August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Thankfully, lawyers aren\u2019t the only ones that can advise the NYBOLE \u2014 the state legislature can do so as well. Law.com<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Following an incident during the New York bar exam on Long Island last month, when a test-taker collapsed and proctors let the exam continue while CPR was being administered, the New York State Assembly is now considering a bill called the Clock Should Stop Act.<\/p>\n

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, assemblymember representing the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn, sponsored the bill because the incident \u201chas prompted concerns about the standard of care exercised by the bar examiners,\u201d as many have stated that the bar examiners \u201cacted recklessly, showing unjustifiable disregard for human safety,\u201d she told Law.com.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The \u201cClock Should Stop Act\u201d is aptly named \u2014 as the lawyer-to-be was suffering from a heart attack, the test takers surrounding her were told to ignore her and continue with the test. You could make an argument that bar exams shouldn\u2019t be stopped because it messes with score consistency, but that \u201cconsistency\u201d also goes up in the air if a question requires you to determine if a future property interest will vest no later than 21 years after some life in being whilst<\/em> someone is actively dying at your side.<\/p>\n

The provisions would apply to medical crisis, criminal incidents, and natural or man-made disasters.<\/p>\n

NY Assembly Weighs Bill to Establish Protocols for Bar Exam Emergencies<\/a> [Law.com]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Politician Calls On New York Bar To Reform \u2018Disorganized, Delayed\u2019 Emergency Response<\/a><\/p>\n

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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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He 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,\u00a0is 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\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post New York\u2019s \u2018Clock Should Stop Act\u2019 Could Ensure Safety Measures For Future Bar Exams<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the lackluster health emergency protocol the New York Board of Law Examiners displayed last month, readers, test takers, and even lawmakers<\/a> have penned letters admonishing the bar for not doing better. In a perfect world, the NYBOLE would own up to their mistakes and implement safety protocols to ensure that there would be a response team on the ground in the event of an emergency. Instead, they responded with a press release that looks like their in-house attorney sent a couple of drafts back to their PR department before they could send it out.<\/p>\n

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This sounds a lot like a lawyer-advised statement. pic.twitter.com\/tmafrk1er4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean Silverman: Silverman Bar Exam & LSAT Tutoring (@BarExamTutor) August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Thankfully, lawyers aren\u2019t the only ones that can advise the NYBOLE \u2014 the state legislature can do so as well. Law.com<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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Following an incident during the New York bar exam on Long Island last month, when a test-taker collapsed and proctors let the exam continue while CPR was being administered, the New York State Assembly is now considering a bill called the Clock Should Stop Act.<\/p>\n

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, assemblymember representing the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn, sponsored the bill because the incident \u201chas prompted concerns about the standard of care exercised by the bar examiners,\u201d as many have stated that the bar examiners \u201cacted recklessly, showing unjustifiable disregard for human safety,\u201d she told Law.com.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The \u201cClock Should Stop Act\u201d is aptly named \u2014 as the lawyer-to-be was suffering from a heart attack, the test takers surrounding her were told to ignore her and continue with the test. You could make an argument that bar exams shouldn\u2019t be stopped because it messes with score consistency, but that \u201cconsistency\u201d also goes up in the air if a question requires you to determine if a future property interest will vest no later than 21 years after some life in being whilst<\/em> someone is actively dying at your side.<\/p>\n

The provisions would apply to medical crisis, criminal incidents, and natural or man-made disasters.<\/p>\n

NY Assembly Weighs Bill to Establish Protocols for Bar Exam Emergencies<\/a> [Law.com]<\/p>\n

Earlier<\/strong>: Politician Calls On New York Bar To Reform \u2018Disorganized, Delayed\u2019 Emergency Response<\/a><\/p>\n

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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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He 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,\u00a0is 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\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post New York\u2019s \u2018Clock Should Stop Act\u2019 Could Ensure Safety Measures For Future Bar Exams<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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