The New York bar examination has been rescheduled for Sept. 9-10, 2020. According to the New York State Board of Law Examiners, the application period for the rescheduled exam is slated to open on May 5 at 12 a.m. and close on May 30 at 11:59 p.m.
With Finals Week nearly over and Graduation preparations underway, law students now realize that their Bar Preparation Course will soon begin. Here are 5 Secrets to Improve your Performance ahead of time.
The Day Before the Test
Lightly review any content you’re still struggling with
Get together everything you’ll need for the test
Know where the test is and how to get there
Skip the all-nighter and get a good night’s sleep
Set an alarm (or two or three)
The Day of the Test
Eat a healthy, filling breakfast
Confirm you’ve got everything you need
Go to the bathroom
Immediately Before a Test
Turn off your cell phone
Stay calm
Be positive and do your best
The Bar Exam is like nothing you've seen before. It requires a more structured, disciplined and intensive approach. So how to study efficiently in this context? Here's our five tips.
New York will hold its upcoming bar exam online in October 5-6.
The announcement comes one week after the state canceled the in-person exam set for September out of public health concerns stemming from Covid-19. The Court of Appeals announced that they would consider waiver requests by JD candidates who graduated in 2019 or later, previously took the bar examination in New York and failed no more than two times and who wish to sit for the online examination.
New York is canceling the September bar exam to protect the health of the thousands of law school graduates who planned to take the test in the midst of the pandemic, the Board of Law Examiners announced on July 16.
The application process for the September NY Bar Exam has worried many out-of-state Law Grads who initially were excluded from registration. But on June 23rd, the Board of Law Examiners announced that every candidates will be assigned seats. Now a new rule that people coming in from eight other states seeing COVID-19 surges must quarantine for 14 days has opened new questions.
The Court of Appeals announced today that it is looking into contingency plans in case the rescheduled Sept. 9-10 New York bar exam is forced to be postponed.
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore has convened a working group led by Associate Judge Michael J. Garcia “to evaluate potential solutions and prepare for possible eventualities.”