In October, the National Conference of Bar Examiners will conduct a nationwide prototype exam for the NextGen Bar Exam, which is currently under development.
The prototype exam is a full-length, nine-hour pre-test over two days of the new bar exam question types and format that will debut in July 2026. The Florida prototype exam will be held October 25-26 in Miami.
July 2024 bar examinees will be invited to apply to serve as paid participants in the October prototype exam and, if selected, will be paid $1,500 for their participation, according to Graeme Gallagher of the National Conference of Bar Examiners, adding participants are required to make a good-faith effort on the exam but are not expected to study for it.
The prototype exam will be held in 32 U.S. jurisdictions and participants are not required to sit for the prototype in the same jurisdiction that they sat for the July exam or in the jurisdiction they went to law school.
- For more information on the prototype exam, including dates and locations, visit ncbex.org/nextgen-prototype-exam-october-2024.
- For more information on the NextGen bar exam, visit www.ncbex.org/exams/nextgen.
“There’s nothing examinees need to do now; if you believe you would be interested in participating, please make sure that you maintain a current email in your NCBE account and with your jurisdiction’s bar examiners; details about the prototype exam and how to apply will be sent to you on August 19,”according to the NCBE.
Florida recently decided to join approximately 20 other jurisdictions that are adopting a new NextGen Bar Exam, which will be first administered in Florida in July 2028. (See story, here.)
The Florida Supreme Court approved the recommendation from the Florida Board of Bar Examiners (FBBE) to replace the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) with the NextGen Bar Exam and to retain a Florida-specific component on the exam.
Although the Bar Examiners are still determining the precise format of the Florida-specific portion, the FBBE and Supreme Court announced the decision to adopt NextGen early in an effort to provide as much notice as possible to current law students and law schools.
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