The California State Bar Association acknowledged that 23 questions were created by artificial intelligence rather than by attorneys during the February 2025 bar exam.
The bar now says it will demand the California Supreme Court Adjust scores after test The technical collapse was also hurt.
It’s a high-risk license exam; becoming a gatekeeper for lawyers. But it’s full of issues written by AI, system crashes and student litigation.
- 171 Total Score Multiple Choice Question
- 100 from Kaplan
- 48 from the first grade exam
- 23 is AI-assisted and developed by ACS Ventures
- $8.25 million: Kaplan’s contract
- $22 million: State bar budget deficit
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Rebound
The legal educator is anger.
“It’s incredible that there are issues with non-lawyers using AI to draft,” said Dean, assistant to the UC Irving law firm.
“It’s an amazing confession,” added Katie Moran, a law professor at USF. “The same company that uses AI has also approved its own problems.”
February Examer Report:
- Platform crash
- Unable to save the paper
- Copying notes error
- Absurd or typos
Test platform provider Meazure Learning is now facing a student lawsuit.
A bigger focus
AI is already changing the legal world. But the lack of supervision and cost reduction turned the experiment into a disaster. Dean Andrew Perlman Suffolk Law says AI can help create tests, but only if experts carefully review the output.
“In the future, we will worry about the ability of lawyers No Using AI,” Perlman predicts.
What’s next:
- Supreme Court reviews score adjustment
- The meeting on May 5 concerns further remedies
- No decision yet to return to the traditional exam
The legal community has only conducted a reality check. AI may be the future, but it is not ready to rate the criteria.
