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The Supreme Court of California on Tuesday announced appointments to three State Bar of California entities.

The Supreme Court of California on Friday announced appointments to three State Bar of California entities: the Board of Trustees, Committee of Bar Examiners, and the State Bar Court.

Court also appoints members to Committee of Bar Examiners, which oversees development and administration of the Bar Exam and accredits state law schools.

The Supreme Court of California on Friday announced three appointments to the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners. 

The California Supreme Court ordered the July California Bar Exam be postponed to Sept. 9-10, and directed the State Bar to make every effort to administer the test online with remote or electronic proctoring.

Lower passing score will not be applied retroactively to previous Bar Exam takers, court writes in letter to State Bar.

Appointments by the California Supreme Court are expected by the end of the year.

The California Supreme Court on Thursday announced it will permanently lower the passing score for the California Bar Exam and released plans for an October test administered online.

The program will continue until June 1, 2022 unless extended by the court.

The Joint Supreme Court/State Bar Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam will develop recommendations on whether to make changes to the California Bar Exam.

Although the current pass score of 1440 will not be adjusted at this time, the court will consider any appropriate recommendation to revisit the pass score in the next review cycle, or sooner if the court so directs. (See Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 9.6(b), eff. Jan. 1, 2018.)