{"id":2036,"date":"2020-07-21T16:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T16:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesrianilaw.com\/california-allows-online-bar-exam-and-lowers-passing-score\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:24:45","slug":"california-allows-online-bar-exam-and-lowers-passing-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mesrianilaw.com\/news\/california-allows-online-bar-exam-and-lowers-passing-score\/","title":{"rendered":"California Allows Online Bar Exam And Lowers Passing Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The California Supreme Court announced that the Bar Exam has been moved to October and will be administered online. The state\u2019s highest court also permanently lowered the passing score.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the State Bar of California, the high court stated the following:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"imptoo\">\n<li>The California Bar Exam will be\u00a0<strong>administered online on October 5-6<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>The court directed the State Bar to\u00a0<strong>extend registration<\/strong>\u00a0for the October exam through July 24;<\/li>\n<li>The court\u00a0<strong>permanently lowered the passing score<\/strong>\u00a0from 1440 to 1390;<\/li>\n<li>The court directed the State Bar to expedite creation of a<strong>\u00a0provisional licensure program under supervision<\/strong>\u00a0to 2020 law school graduates\u2014effective until they can take and pass a California bar exam and expiring no later than June 1, 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00abThe changing circumstances surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in California, and throughout the country, have had an unprecedented impact on professional licensure testing for graduates seeking\u00a0admission to many professions,\u00bb the court wrote in its letter. \u00abMany\u00a0law school graduates are being substantially affected by the resulting disruption.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00abThe court has sought the safest, most humane and practical options for licensing law graduates by encouraging and working with the State Bar to pursue the option of administering the California Bar Examination online as a remote test, to avoid the need for, and dangers posed by, mass in-person testing,\u00bb the court wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Ten other jurisdictions, including Kentucky, Arizona, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington D.C., Texas, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania will be administering online bar exams on October 5-6.<\/p>\n<p>For more info: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.courts.ca.gov\/news\/california-supreme-court-lowers-bar-exam-passing-score\">https:\/\/newsroom.courts.ca.gov\/news\/california-supreme-court-lowers-bar-exam-passing-score<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The California Supreme Court\u2019s letter can be read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.courts.ca.gov\/internal_redirect\/cms.ipressroom.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/262\/files\/20206\/SB_BOT_7162020_FINAL.pdf\">https:\/\/newsroom.courts.ca.gov\/internal_redirect\/cms.ipressroom.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/262\/files\/20206\/SB_BOT_7162020_FINAL.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Supreme Court announced that the Bar Exam has been moved to October and will be administered online. 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