California Bar 'Inadvertently' Reveals Essay Topics Days Before Exam
The bar did not respond to questions about why the essay topics were included in an email to law school leaders. One professor says the errant disclosure "should have little, if any, impact" on any test-taker's likelihood of passing the exam this week.
July 28, 2019 at 01:59 PM
4 minute read
The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
The California State Bar “inadvertently” revealed to law school deans the essay topics that will be covered on this week's bar exam, the bar told registered test-takers in an email Saturday night.
The bar said “out of abundance of caution and fairness” it has provided the same information about the test to those registered to take it on Tuesday and Wednesday at sites around the state. The topics that will be covered on the exam will be civil procedure, remedies/constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, professional responsibility, contracts and evidence.
In a statement issued Sunday, Donna Hershkowitz, the bar's chief of programs, said the disclosure was part of a “routine invitation to observe a grading session—the invitation typically goes out after the completion of the exam.” The bar has no evidence the information was shared with students, she said.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Trending Stories
- 1BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
- 2First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Contraceptive Depo-Provera Caused Brain Tumor
- 3The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 4The Growing Tension—And Opportunity—in Big Law Nonequity Tiers
- 5The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250