Apr. 29, 2025
Senior senator pressures State Bar to restore Multistate Bar Examination
While law professors and test-takers agree it would improve fairness, the financially strained bar faces contractual and logistical hurdles that could complicate a return to the old format.
An influential state lawmaker wants the California State Bar to revert to the traditional multiple-choice questions for the July bar exam. But the bar has shown no interest in making the change--and might require a financial infusion if it did.
"The burden is on the State Bar to design and administer an examination, within the limits prescribed to the State Bar by the California Supreme Court, that ensures a level of competence to protect Californians and does not victimize ...
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