Opinion
Supreme Court Case No. 20S-CB-300
05-07-2020
In the MATTER OF the JULY 2020 INDIANA BAR EXAMINATION.
Order
On April 8, 2020, the Court entered an Order in which it indicated that it would announce its plan for the administration of the July 2020 Indiana bar examination on or before May 8, 2020. As a result of the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unclear whether the State Board of Law Examiners will be able to safely administer a two-day, in-person Indiana bar examination on July 28-29, 2020 as scheduled or at any later date in calendar year 2020.
The Supreme Court therefore ORDERS that the Indiana State Board of Law Examiners shall conduct a one-day bar examination administered remotely on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The examination shall consist of the Indiana Essay Examination and a series of short answer questions on the topics tested on the Multistate Bar Examination.
The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is administered and managed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). Applicants who have not yet taken the MPRE should look for updates on that test from the NCBE.
Additional information regarding delivery of the online bar examination, including plans for proctoring, will be provided by the State Board of Law Examiners to bar exam applicants, law schools, bar review courses and other interested parties by May 28, 2020.