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Plans for New CA State Bar Exam Still In the Works, Despite IP Concerns

By Christine Charnosky
July 01, 2024

The State Bar of California's plans to launch a new state bar exam are still in the works even though Kaplan North America, which had been chosen to develop the exam, recently asked to withdraw from participating, citing intellectual property concerns raised by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

Audrey Ching, program director of the Office of Admissions for the State Bar, gave an update during a Committee of Bar Examiners meeting last month, saying: "We continue to engage Kaplan and also the National Conference to work to address any IP and contractual concerns."

The update follows the May 16 meeting of the state bar Board of Trustees, when the Board was initially supposed to discuss the partnership. At the time, the item was withdrawn from the agenda and continued because Kaplan told the State Bar that it had received a letter from the NCBE raising intellectual property and contractual concerns.

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