How
did
they
miss
that?
After
a
series
of
financial
screw-ups,
California
decided
to
forgo
the
trappings
of
the
NBCE
and
trailblaze
with
a
cheaper
testing
alternative
led
by
Kaplan.
That
trail,
though
hopeful,
has
led
to
some
minor
burns.
Reuters
has
coverage:
The
State
Bar
of
California’s
plan
to
give
its
own
bar
exam
starting
in
February
hit
a
snag
on
Wednesday
when
the
California
Supreme
Court
denied
its
petition
to
make
that
change.The
court
indicated
in
a
brief
docket
entry
that
the
state
bar
had
made
a
misstep
in
following
the
proper
procedure
for
moving
to
the
new
test.
The
court
said
the
state
bar
may
file
another
petition
to
win
approval
for
the
new
test
after
its
committee
of
bar
examiners
has
“considered
and
approved”
it.
California
would
have
never
made
this
mistake
if
they
signed
with
BARBRI.
This
is
what
happens
when
you
don’t
keep
it
mechanical!
The
mess-up
is
more
embarrassing
than
it
is
fatal.
While
the
Bar
“respects
the
court’s
decision,”
they
still
plan
for
the
test
to
be
live
come
February.
In
the
meantime,
it
would
behoove
both
aspiring
lawyers
and
the
California
Bar
to
brush
up
on
their
civil
procedure.
California’s
New
Bar
Exam
Delayed,
For
Now
[Reuters]
Kaplan
Steps
In
To
Dig
California
Bar
Office
Out
Of
Bankruptcy
Hole
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.