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The NextGen bar examination consists of an enlargement of abilities testing, so how will candidates research?
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When the Nationwide Convention of Bar Examiners launches a revamped model of the bar examination in 2026, referred to as the NextGen bar examination, it’s anticipated that there can be new assessments on abilities together with authorized analysis, investigation and shopper counseling. And that might imply much less concentrate on memorization for candidates. Or not, says Mike Sims, president of the check prep group BARBRI.
He’s been with BARBRI for greater than 20 years and says with the present examination, which incorporates essay questions and a multiple-choice part, candidates have a 90% likelihood of passing, in the event that they observe the recommendation of their legislation colleges’ educational help employees and do what the check prep supplier tells them.
It’s not a straightforward activity. The recommendation usually consists of spending at the very least seven hours per day, Monday by Friday and possibly Saturdays too, finding out for the bar—beginning two months earlier than the check date.
With the brand new examination, Sims says, it’s potential that legislation faculty lessons will put together candidates for the abilities evaluation items, however the research course of will in all probability stay the identical, at the very least initially, as a result of there can be many unknowns about what it takes to go, and the examination will nonetheless embrace multiple-choice questions and essays, Sims says.
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Mike Sims
Mike Sims is the president and chief progress officer of the check prep group BARBRI, which presents bar examination evaluate, in addition to prolonged bar prep programs in particular person or on-line.
