While
this
is
not
the
first
time
in
legal
history
that
bar
takers
received
failing
grades
and
swore
that
they
passed
that
damn
thing,
we
have
to
be
within
the
top
five
moments
of
that
happening.
After
hundreds
of
California
February
bar
exam
takers
were
told
that
they
failed,
they
were
later
retconned
into
passing
after
the
bar
addressed
numerous
errors
like
not
fully
exporting
test
takers’
exam
notes,
lawsuit-worthy
platform
failures,
and
not
accounting
for
how
people
would
respond
to
the
AI
slop
that
ended
up
on
the
exam.
Recently,
a
small
group
of
test
takers
joined
the
ranks
of
those
made
whole
after
some
grade
revisions.
Reuters
has
coverage:
The
State
Bar
of
California
on
Thursday
disclosed
more
grading
mistakes
on
its
glitch-ridden
February
bar
exam
after
test
takers
raised
concerns
over
how
their
exams
were
scored.The
scoring
errors,
outlined
during
a
Thursday
joint
meeting
of
the
state
bar’s
Board
of
Trustees
and
its
Committee
of
Bar
Examiners,
resulted
in
three
examinees
moving
from
failing
to
passing.
This
brings
the
total
number
of
false
negatives
to
243.
Let’s
see
how
long
it
takes
for
that
number
to
grow
even
higher!
Speaking
of
numbers
—
while
you
should
expect
fewer
grade
changes
from
California’s
July
bar
results,
you
should
also
expect
to
see
a
much
lower
passage
rate.
California
has
long
held
a
reputation
for
having
one
of
the
highest
passing
score
requirements
in
the
nation.
The
February
exam
was
experimental
—
grade
flip-flops
and
egg
on
face
can
happen
when
you
make
a
radical
break
from
how
things
have
been
done.
But
the
July
exam
was
a
return
to
form.
If
you
get
a
failing
grade
on
that
one,
you’ll
probably
be
better
off
hitting
the
books
a
little
harder
than
refreshing
ATL
pages
to
see
if
you
actually
passed
a
couple
of
months
later.
More
California
Bar
Exam
Scores
Go
From
Fail
To
Pass
Amid
Errors
[Reuters]
Earlier:
The
Number
Of
People
Who
Passed
California’s
February
Bar
Exam
Has
Grown
By
The
Hundreds
California
Bar
Reveals
It
Used
AI
For
Exam
Questions,
Because
Of
Course
It
Did
The
California
Bar
Was
So
Bad
That
The
Exam
Vendor
Is
Getting
Sued
Over
It
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
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He
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enough
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Washington
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in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
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