While Michigan’s ExamSoft platform got hacked, Indiana’s ILG-based platform never got off the ground at all. Testing on Friday wouldn’t work and the state delayed the exam a week to work out the kinks.
But reports indicated that this week’s tests weren’t any more successful than last week’s and the Indiana Supreme Court has pulled the plug entirely. By way of an order released moments ago, the Indiana bar exam will now be open book and run over email.
The inimitable Bar Exam Tracker got the order (attached on the next page):
The Court now finds that it is not possible to administer the remate bar exam on August 4 using the format promised by the vendor. Any further effort to test the testing software or to continue the exam a second time would be a disservice to applicants. The Court further finds that the pandemic conditions continue to prevent a large-scale, in-person examination of all applicants currently registered for the exam.
How will this work? Applicants will get questions over email… they’ll reply to that email with the answer. That’s it. Fully open book, no proctoring at all. The exam schedule will be as follows:
8:25 a.m. (EDT): Short answer questions received.
11:30 a.m. (EDT): Short answer responses submitted.
12:40 p.m. (EDT): Essay examination questions received.
4:45 p.m. (EDT): Essay examination responses submitted.
Kind of makes you wonder why we need a bar exam at all in that case, doesn’t it?
Check out the whole order on the next page.
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Earlier: Online Bar Exam Software Still Not Working On Friday, Test On Tuesday
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