The California Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the state bar from rolling out a new bar exam written by Kaplan Exam Services, raising questions about the February 2025 sitting of the lawyer-licensing test just weeks before the registration period opens.
The court denied without prejudice the bar’s petition, filed last week, to allow Kaplan to supply 200 multiple-choice questions for the February 2025 exam. The terse denial said the bar must comply with a Rule of Court requiring the Committee of Bar Examiners to consider and approve any changes to the exam’s content.