California state lawmakers are calling for an audit of the state's February bar exam that was plagued with technical issues, concerns over AI-generated questions, and now, one of the highest pass rates of any spring exam since 1965.

The current rules for dividing its shrinking supplies expire in 2026. State leaders are under pressure to propose a new sharing agreement urgently, so they can finish environmental paperwork before that deadline. Right now, they don’t appear close to an agreement, so a group of prominent Colorado River experts co-signed a letter outlining seven things they want to see in the next set of rules.

(Subscription required) Justices affirmed a conviction and death sentence for starting the 2006 Esperanza Fire, and the killing of the firefighters, despite a dissent by Justice Kelli M. Evans asserting that a prospective juror was improperly excluded.

(Subscription required) As the state bar accused Meazure Learning of overpromising its ability to administer the lawyer-licensing exam, a bar committee Monday endorsed provisionally licensing those who failed the February test.