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Arizona Adopts NextGen Bar Exam

Arizona has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2027. Arizona joins six other jurisdictions that recently announced their intent to adopt the new exam: Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon, and Wyoming. A list of participating jurisdictions, as well as other useful information about the exam, is available on the NCBE…

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Iowa flag with the words "NextGen Bar Exam of the Future"

Iowa to Adopt NextGen Bar Exam

Iowa has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2027. Iowa joins five other jurisdictions that recently announced their intent to adopt the new exam: Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon, and Wyoming. A list of participating jurisdictions, as well as other useful information about the exam, is available on the NCBE…

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Measurement Bias and the NextGen Bar Exam

The Spring 2023 issue of the Bar Examiner features a column by Marilyn J. Wellington, NCBE’s Chief Strategy and Operations Officer, that examines the issue of measurement bias and details the steps that NCBE takes to minimize it for both the current bar exam and the NextGen exam. Read more on the Bar Examiner website.…

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A visual representation of the timeline events for the implementation of the next generation bar exam, 2022 to 2026. For an alternative list view of the timeline items, refer to the Timeline Legend below the graphic. Please note that Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 refer to quarters of a year.

NCBE Publishes Updated Implementation Timeline

NCBE has published an updated implementation timeline for the NextGen bar exam. The timeline provides a high-level overview of the exam development process that is currently under way, from pilot testing to the first exam administration. The earliest stages of the implementation process, in 2021 and 2022, were focused on publishing and gathering feedback on…

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