Ninety Percent of Suspected Cheaters Cleared by California Bar

The list of test takers suspected of cheating on California’s first-ever online bar exam has been narrowed to a fraction of the more than 3,000 initially flagged by video technology that monitored them during the test.

Erin Joyce, a Pasadena, Calif.-based attorney, told Bloomberg Law that five of her clients were recently alerted by the State Bar of California that they have been cleared. They were among a group of 432 test takers recently notified that they were suspected of violating bar exam rules.

The additional notifications mean nearly 90% of the 3,190 applicants initially flagged for possible cheating on ...