6:43 a.m. March 4, 2025: An earlier version of this story said test taker Ray Hayden could not afford to go to California to take the bar exam. In fact, he considered the journey a waste of money.

New California bar exam multiple choice and essay questions could be checked by Golden State judges under a set of rules ...

The State Bar of California's plans to launch a new state bar exam are still in the works even though Kaplan North America, which had been chosen to develop the exam, recently asked to withdraw from ...

The California Supreme Court should reject the Bar’s approach and restore sanity to a process that matters so much to the practice of law. Getty Images/iStockphoto Sometimes bad decisions lead to even ...