Some California February Bar Takers Can Get Provisional Licenses

First-time takers who failed California’s February bar exam can practice law under an attorney’s supervision, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The order also applies to first-time applicants who withdrew before taking the February exam, and appears to extend to the dozens of 2020 law school graduates in California who already have provisional licenses.

The order expands remedies for bar takers whose February exam glitched and crashed widely, prompting litigation against the test vendor and calls for audits into the State Bar. It doesn’t go as far as Bar leaders requested: justices declined to extend provisional licenses to February applicants ...