6:43 a.m. March 4, 2025: An earlier version of this story said test taker Ray Hayden could not afford to go to California to take the bar exam. In fact, he considered the journey a waste of money.

The State Bar of California’s new exam has been rife with problems, an A.I. controversy and now the likelihood of delayed results. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles Thousands of people ...

The State Bar of California office in downtown Los Angeles. (David Butow / For The Times) The State Bar of California's botched rollout of a new exam — a move that the cash-strapped agency made in the ...

May 7 (Reuters) - California’s botched February bar exam will cost the State Bar of California almost $6 million more than expected in July, with millions in added expenses in the years to come, ...

The State Bar of California’s botched rollout of a new exam — a move that the cash-strapped agency made in the hopes of saving money — could ultimately end up costing it an additional $5.6 million.

On Monday, the State Bar of California revealed that it used AI to develop a portion of multiple-choice questions on its February 2025 bar exam, causing outrage among law school faculty and test ...

The State Bar of California sought to save money with a new bar exam that offered the choice of remote test taking. Test takers complained of glitches and chaos when taking the test. Test takers ...

While the overall bar exam pass rate improved slightly year-over-year, the percentage of repeat test-takers who passed fell to just 12.4%. The overall pass rate on California's July 2025 bar exam ...