Online Bar Exams Said to Encounter Tech Problems on Test Day (2)

Oct. 5, 2020, 10:46 PM UTCUpdated: Oct. 6, 2020, 1:09 AM UTC

Online bar exam takers in multiple states reported technical problems in the first day of testing, a result critics of the remote proctored exams for months had warned was likely.

Test takers on Monday complained of issues ranging from rejected file attachments to the unexpected deletion of online notes for essay questions. Some said they were booted out of the test completely because facial recognition technology didn’t work properly with their webcams.

“We’ve had a little over 98% of candidates who had already downloaded exams successfully start their exams so far,” ExamSoft spokeswoman Nici Sandberg told Bloomberg Law via email, ...

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