Despite growing optimism about the end of the coronavirus pandemic, the California Supreme Court decided Friday that July’s bar exam will be held remotely, the third state bar exam to be held in such a fashion.
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye addresses lawmakers at her annual State of the Judiciary on March 10, 2020. (Penne Soltysik, Judicial Council of California)
(CN) The California Supreme Court said Friday the state bar exam must once again be given remotely given the ongoing pandemic preventing the traditional format.
“The circumstances surrounding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in California continues to severely limit the state bar’s ability to the State Bar Exam in the traditional mass, in-person format,” said Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in an administrative order issued Friday. “The court hereby approves modifications to the standard schedule of the general bar exam.”