The time has finally arrived as laptop registration for the July 2015 DC Bar Exam begins today! Here are the official instructions on registering to use a laptop for the July 2015 DC Bar Exam. The deadline for registration is June 30, 2015 and the cost is $92. Good luck and keep studying, we are at 38 days until the bar exam.
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If you head on over to the DC Court of Appeals website there is yet another interesting order and notice that has been posted indicating that rule 46(b)(8)(v) has been modified to allow the use of “computers” on the DC Bar exam. The Committee on Admissions has secured Exam4 as a laptop exam software provider for this summer. Details and a laptop registration link have been provided to all applicants via letter. This is terrific news for everyone taking the exam this July 2015 that wants to use a laptop. Registration ends June 30th for laptops and the cost is $92.00.
As a quick reminder, for those of you filing late, today by 5PM is the late filing deadline for DC and tomorrow is the late filing deadline for Maryland.
The February 2015 Washington DC Bar Exam results are posted here on the Committee of Admissions Website. Congratulations to everyone who passed! The overall pass rate was barely a third of all test takers at 37.27%. First time takers did a little bit better but still less than half of them passed, 47.2%. In all, 102 out of 271 people passed this administration of the DC bar exam. It was the first time Civil Procedure was tested on the MBE but that did not seem to be much of a factor as the questions were as expected and the pass rates are in line with previous Winter administrations of the exam. If you did not pass, wait for your results in the mail and go over how you did and then re-assess how you should study/prepare differently for this summer. For everyone who passed, don’t think about anything else and just relax and enjoy the weekend.
The DC and Virginia bar exam are now officially finished. In DC we had a solid exam with an objective memo and a persuasive letter to start the AM. The afternoon essays were as expected with Agency, torts, con law, civ pro, wills/trusts, and property and UCC 9. Trusts was a little tough, but otherwise manageable. The MBE was straightforward, with the civ pro questions being easier than expected and the rest of the exam being as expected with the usual focus areas.
As for Virginia, we’re back to business as usual with a bunch of Fed and VA procedure questions, sales, partnership, agency, some equity and personal property, wills and everyone’s favorite creditors rights :-) Overall a very fair exam and nice to see the VA and federal jurisdiction back on the exam as those are critical subjects for any attorney to be tested on. Little bit surprised not to see the usual long Corporations, local govt, real property and criminal as I feel those are core subjects they should always test but overall, as usual, it was a very fair exam.
Time to celebrate and enjoy the extra time that comes with not having to prepare for a bar exam! Results to be posted in late April for Virginia and late May for DC.
UPDATE: Waivers are permitted, you may use your old MBE score for the February 2015 bar exam.
The DC Court of Appeals has posted the formal order and notice proposing to amend Rule 46(b) to allow MBE waivers on the upcoming February 2015 bar exam even though Civil Procedure is being added as a 7th subject. Comments are being allowed until December 22, 2014, which means we should expect a formal yay or nay by the first week of January as originally anticipated. Remember, there is no guarantee they will accept previous MBE scores, but as of now that is the plan as the committee is trying to save everyone time and money to not have to deal with dozens and dozens of individual waiver requests but instead handle it through a single amendment change. But, until it’s a done deal, no promises.
UPDATE: Waivers are permitted, you may use your old MBE score for the February 2015 bar exam.
There is a considerable amount of concern around the DC Bar Exam for this February as Federal Civil Procedure is being added to the MBE for the first time as a 7th subject. The primary area of concern is around test takers who have previously (within 2 years) taken a bar exam and scored a 133 or higher on the MBE. Normally, DC allows these folks to waive in their score and not take the MBE, allowing them to take only the essay day. However, the Committee on Admissions Rules state that if the subjects on the MBE change then this does not have to be permitted. The DC Committee on Admissions has previously stated that they are only observing the 2 year rule and waivers would be permitted for this February. However, after speaking in detail with the office