California Bar Splinters on Bar Exam’s Future as Deadline Looms

(Subscription required) The bar has three options, staff said: Using questions developed by the vendor that wrote the bulk of questions on the February test temporarily, as a “bridge” to creating a new exam; adopting the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ NextGen test; or creating a new, permanent exam that could be streamlined like Nevada’s shorter 100-question multiple choice test that is in development. The Committee of Bar Examiners until July 2026 to secure approval from the California Supreme Court.