Bar candidates, exam vendor for troubled California test reach settlement
California bar examinees who took the troubled February 2025 exam have reached a settlement “in principle” to end litigation with Meazure Learning, which administered the inaugural run of the hybrid exam plagued with technical glitches. (Image from Shutterstock)
California bar examinees who took the troubled February 2025 exam have reached a settlement “in principle” to end litigation with Meazure Learning, which administered the inaugural run of the hybrid exam plagued with technical glitches.
A filing Monday in federal court in Oakland, California, stated that the parties are completing a term sheet and plan to file for preliminary approval of the agreement Sept. 11. Terms were not disclosed.
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In April, a stay was granted in the case, and the bar examinees and the proctor of that ill-fated launch were expected to move to mediation.
That administration, 3,886 examinees completed the bar exam. The original filing alleges that the vendor “failed spectacularly” to administer the test.
Last month, a report from the state auditor pointed fingers at a rushed timeline, poor planning, contract failures and a host of questionable decisions—including the use of generative artificial intelligence to help write some questions—for the launch of the proprietary bar exam that led to $5.1 million in costs plus millions more in lost revenue and legal costs.
In a separate case, the State Bar of California reached a $5.25 million settlement last month with the vendor and will waive its outstanding invoice of $1.36 million. Neither party admitted wrongdoing.
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