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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 9, 2026

State Bar lawsuit over troubled February 2025 bar exam may proceed

A Los Angeles judge allows the State Bar's claims against its exam vendor to proceed while rejecting a test taker's bid to join the case.

State Bar lawsuit over troubled February 2025 bar exam may proceed
Moez M. Kaba of Hueston Hennigan LLP

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday cleared the path for the State Bar of California's expanded legal battle against testing vendor ProctorU, overruling a challenge to the original complaint as moot and blocking a former test taker's attempt to join the lawsuit as a plaintiff.

Judge Stephen P. Pfahler's rulings effectively focused the litigation on what the State Bar's complaint called the "abysmal" administration of the February 2025 bar exam,...

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