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Bar Exam Latest News: COVID-19

Latest Updates on Bar Exam Postponements

We are carefully monitoring the situation as bar exams announce changes to the July 2020 exam in response to COVID-19. Updates are below. If you have any new information that’s not included, please feel free to reach out and let us know.

National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)

  • NCBE will make bar exam materials available for two fall administrations in 2020: September 9-10 and September 30-October 1
  • Each jurisdiction will determine whether to offer the exam in July, in early September, or in late September
  • Announcement and Updates

Alabama

  • The exam is still scheduled for July
  • The order makes temporary exceptions to the Alabama Rule for Legal Internship by Law Students, which allows third-year law students to perform many functions of a licensed attorney under the supervision of an attorney licensed in Alabama

Alaska

  • The exam will take place on September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Arizona

  • Law students and recent graduates will have the limited ability to practice under supervision
  • The UBE in-person exam is currently still scheduled for July
  • There will be a remote exam on October 5-6 for local admission
  • Applicants who are registered for the July exam and those who requested a refund or who transferred their July application to the February 2021 exam may choose to take the October remote exam.
  • Announcement

Arkansas

  • The exam is still scheduled for July
  • If it cannot be administered in July, it will be moved to September

California

  • The exam will be postponed to September 9-10, 2020
  • There will be every effort made to administer the exam online
  • Announcement

Colorado

  • The exam is still scheduled for July
  • If it cannot be administered in July, it will be moved to September 30-October 1, 2020
  • Announcement

Connecticut

  • The July 2020 exam will be re-scheduled for Fall 2020
  • Announcement

Delaware

  • The exam has been re-scheduled for September 9-11, 2020
  • Announcement

District of Columbia

  • The July exam has been cancelled
  • A decision about a fall administration of the exam will be made by May 4, 2020
  • Announcement

Florida

  • The in-person July exam is cancelled
  • There will be a shorter exam administered in August with no MBE requirement
  • Announcement

Georgia

  • The exam will be postponed to September 9-10, 2020
  • Recent law graduates can be provisionally admitted to practice before taking the bar exam
  • Announcement

Guam

  • The exam will take place on September 9-10, 2020

Hawaii

  • The July 2020 exam with be re-scheduled for Fall 2020
  • The application for the exam has been extended from April 1, 2020 to May 1, 2020
  • Announcement

Illinois

  • The exam has been re-scheduled for September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Indiana

  • Anyone who graduated from law school after November 2019 to potentially serve as a graduate legal intern until the February 2021 bar exam, provided they have not failed any exam prior to that date
  • The exam is currently still scheduled for July
  • Announcement

Iowa

  • If the exam cannot be administered in July, it will be postponed to September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Kansas

  • There will be an additional administration of the exam on September 9-10 if needed, in addition to the July administration
  • Announcement

Kentucky

  • If the exam cannot be administered in July it will be moved to September 2020

Louisiana

  • There will be a one day exam or July 27, 2020 and October 10, 2020
  • Announcement

Maine

  • The exam has been re-scheduled for Sept 30 – Oct 1
  • Announcement

Maryland

  • It will determine whether the exam can be administered in July by May 22, 2020
  • If it cannot be administered in July, it will be re-scheduled for September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Massachusetts

  • A remote exam will be administered on October 5-6
  • Announcement

Michigan

  • A one day online exam will be administered on July 28
  • Announcement

Minnesota

  • The exam is still scheduled for July
  • There will be an administration on September 9-10, 2020, as well, or instead of July
  • Announcement

Mississippi

  • The exam will be administered as scheduled in July
  • Announcement

Missouri

  • In the event the exam cannot be administered in July, it will be rescheduled for September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Montana

  • The exam will be administered as planned in July
  • Announcement

Nebraska

  • The exam has been re-scheduled for September 9-10, 2020

Nevada

  • A decision about administered the exam in July will be made no later than May 22, 2020
  • Announcement

New Hampshire

  • The exam has been re-scheduled for September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

New Jersey

  • The July 2020 exam will be re-scheduled for Fall 2020
  • Allows for 2020 law school graduates to temporarily practice law under the supervision of experienced attorneys
  • Announcement

New Mexico

  • The exam is scheduled for September 9-10

New York

  • The July 2020 exam will be moved to September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

North Carolina

  • If the exam cannot be administered in July, it will be moved to September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

North Dakota

  • If the exam cannot be administered in July, it will be moved to September 9-10, 2020
  • It will limit the number of examinees to 85
  • Announcement

Ohio

  • The exam has been re-scheduled to September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Oklahoma

Oregon

  • If the exam cannot be administered in July, it will be moved to the Fall 2020
  • Announcement

Pennsylvania 

  • The exam will be re-scheduled for September 9-10, 2020
  • Announcement

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

  • If NCBE materials are not available for the July exam administration, the South Dakota Board of Bar Examiners is authorized to develop and administer a 10-question essay exam on July 28
  • If public health dictates that the July exam cannot be administered, the exam will be administered on the next date that NCBE materials are available
  • Applicants can opt to take the February 2021 exam instead
  • Announcement

Tennessee

  • There will be an extension of the time applicants can practice under supervision or pending admission to November 15, 2021, and permitting transfer of applications from the July exam to a potential fall exam or to the February 2021 exam.
  • The exam will be postponed to September 30-October 1
  • Announcement

Texas

  • There will be an additional administration of the exam on September 9-11, 2020
  • Announcement

Utah

  • An order modifies the bar examination passage requirement on an emergency basis for certain eligible law school graduates
  • Announcement

Vermont

  • The July 2020 exam will be postponed to a later date
  • Announcement

Virginia

Virgin Islands

  • The exam will be postponed to September 30 – October 1

Washington

  • The exam is still scheduled for July 2020
  • Law graduates can practice in a limited capacity under supervision for up to 18 months before taking the bar exam
  • Announcement

West Virginia

  • The exam will be administered as scheduled in July
  • Announcement

Wisconsin

  • The exam will be administered as scheduled in July

Wyoming

  • July 2020 bar applicants will be temporarily admitted to the practice of law with supervision, if certain conditions are met, in the event that the July exam is postponed. The rule is issued conditionally on the bar exam not being administered in July and will be of no effect if Wyoming is able to hold the July exam.
  • Announcement

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