Updated: The flurry of finger-pointing and attempts at rectifying the fallout from the disastrous February administration of California’s new bar exam continues, as the State Bar of California considers returning to an in-person administration for the July exam, scrutinizes its vendor’s failed performance for possible breach of contract, and faces a potential audit.

The ABA and other groups that receive funding for foreign assistance programs told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that a federal judge’s deadline to resume some payments “presents no review-worthy legal question.”

While others were baking sourdough bread, stockpiling toilet paper and watching Tiger King during the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida lawyer Claudia Cobreiro spent her time on Instagram. “I felt like I couldn’t spend COVID waiting for it to pass,” Cobreiro says. “I wanted to grow my network.” It ended up transforming her practice and her life. For her, it was all about “the ’gram.”

The State Bar of California will engage forensic experts to identify those who posted content from its new exam online, a move that forced it to push back the planned makeup exam of the troubled test riddled with a host of issues with proctors, connectivity and submission problems, according to a Feb. 27 email.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has approved a new pathway to licensure that allows law students to perform 500 hours of supervised public service as an alternative to taking the bar exam.

Interested in learning more about civil rights law? The ABA is offering a free two-day virtual summit for all lawyers and law students interested in advocating for justice and equality.

Amid escalating tensions with its northern neighbor over immigration, drug smuggling, tariffs and other matters, Mexico is about to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court in a major lawsuit against members of the U.S. gun industry. Mexico alleges that U.S. gun manufacturers deliberately market and sell firearms that make their way to drug cartels, fueling an epidemic of violence.

Updated: After the first day of California’s new bar exam resulted in technical difficulties and problems accessing the test for many candidates, the State Bar of California is weighing options for a retake, according to an email sent the evening of Feb. 25 to all examinees.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an Oklahoma death row inmate is entitled to a new trial because the prosecution failed to correct testimony by the man who implicated him.

David Fine didn’t intend to become a construction law attorney. But when presented with the opportunity, the Massachusetts-based attorney ran with it.