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Judge grants stay in February 2025 California bar examinees’ case against ProctorU
The February 2025 class of California bar examinees and the proctor of that ill-fated launch of the state’s remote and hybrid exam are soon to be in mediation. (Image from Shutterstock)
The February 2025 class of California bar examinees and the proctor of that ill-fated launch of the state’s remote and hybrid exam are soon to be in mediation.
U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar of the Northern District of California granted a stay Wednesday, after ProctorU, the vendor operating as Meazure Learning, and the test-takers of ill-fated launch of the state’s two-day remote and hybrid exam jointly requested that the case filed the same month as the exam be put on hold.
For the February 2025 exam, test-takers across the state reported a host of technical issues ranging from server issues, inability to cut and paste, problems with proctors and ineffective tech help. That administration, 3,886 examinees completed the bar exam. The original filing alleges that the vendor “failed spectacularly” to administer the test.
Mediation is scheduled for July 14 before retired U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford of the Central District of California, according to the stipulation filed jointly.
Meazure Learning is facing a separate suit from the State Bar of California filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court alleging fraud, breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation.
The company’s initial quote to administer the February 2025 bar exam was about $1.7 million, according to the state bar. But with projections for increased attendance and the addition of projected costs for providing testing accommodations, the amount increased.
In the fallout from the February 2025 exam, the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners approved scoring adjustments, and the state supreme court lowered that exam’s pass score, as well as ordered the return an in-person administration of the Uniform Bar Examination.
Law360 had coverage.
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