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State Bar & Bar Associations

Aug. 1, 2019

After bar exam question release, 500 test takers withdraw

More than 600 test takers withdrew from Tuesday’s bar exam after the State Bar revealed an accidental leak and released the essay topics to all test takers.

About 550 test takers withdrew from Tuesday's bar exam after the State Bar revealed an accidental leak and released the essay topics to all test takers, a bar spokesperson said Wednesday.

A State Bar staffer inadvertently sent a routine memo with the essay topics to 16 law school deans last Thursday. In response, the bar sent a Saturday night email to all 9,000 test takers disclosing the topics before the exam, an unprecedente...

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