National Bar Examiner Group Offers New Fall Test Option

A fall option is being offered for states weighing the health risks of the spreading coronavirus and whether they should conduct July bar exams.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners said it will decide by May 5 whether to offer the multistate bar and essay exams and its performance test on July 28 and 29 as scheduled. But now, a fall exam would be offered as well. No dates were given for that test timetable.

“We are all facing an unprecedented set of challenges as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the group said in a statement. "(W)e understand ...