As California’s online bar exam was plagued with another day of system crashes, freezes and late starts, leaders of the state Supreme Court and the state bar on Wednesday declined to say whether anyone would be held accountable for the problems that prevented an unknown number of applicants from completing or, in some cases, even beginning the test.
Reports from test-takers, confirmed by the bar, said that glitchy technology and dropped platform connections affected many of the approximately 5,000 people taking the exam. A spokesperson for the high court said justices are waiting for a report on the problems from the state bar and its testing vendor, Meazure Learning, and declined further comment. The state bar is an administrative arm of the court, which ultimately decides who can practice law in California.