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Daily Journal: Flawed California bar exam faces audit scrutiny if bill passes*
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Daily Journal: Bar exam pass rate hits 60-year high amid troubled testing*
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Daily Journal: Bar exam takers demand reforms, despite high passage rate*
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Law.com: California’s Bar Exam Debacle Carries High Price Tag
Mary Basick said the pass rate is more likely tied to the state bar no longer using NCBE multiple choice questions
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Daily Journal: State Bar Executive Director Leah Wilson resigns after exam debacle*
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ABA Journal: California delays releasing results from troubled February bar exam
Mary Basick called the bar exam delay “an impossible situation” that adds stress and uncertainty for February test takers.
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Daily Journal: Senior senator pressures State Bar to restore Multistate Bar Examination*
Mary Basick backed restoring the Multistate Bar Exam, calling it a fair and proven option that would bring “predictability and fairness” back to the July test.
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Daily Journal: Supreme Court demands to know how, why AI was used on bar exam*
Mary Basick called it “unbelievable” the Supreme Court wasn’t told about the Bar’s use of AI.
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Futurism: California Admits AI Was Used to Write Bar Exam Plagued by Problems
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, described the February 2025 California bar exam as “worse than we imagined.”
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Daily Journal: California bar exam plunges to new low amid scandal*
Mary Basick called the Bar’s use of AI-written questions by non-lawyers “irresponsible and reckless.”
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NDTV World: US Bar Body Admits Using AI To Develop Exam Questions, Sparking Controversy
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, called the use of AI-generated bar exam questions by non-lawyers “unbelievable” and “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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CBS News: State Bar of California admits to using AI to develop exam questions (Video)
In a TV interview, Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, said the way AI was used for the bar exam is very problematic.
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Los Angeles Times: State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, called the February 2025 bar exam “worse than we imagined,” sharply criticizing the use of AI-generated questions drafted by non-lawyers as “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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Daily Journal: State Bar used AI to write exam questions, suggests lower pass score*
Mary Basick said the flawed questions made many suspect AI was used on the bar exam.
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KCRA: ‘We were essentially guinea pigs’: New California bar exam causes chaos after rollout of hybrid test (Video)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, told KCRA that the February bar exam’s rollout was unfair due to technical failures and unfamiliar questions.
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San Francisco Chronicle: California may lower bar exam score after botched rollout and AI controversy*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, called the February bar exam “unacceptable and utterly outrageous,” citing a conflict of interest in the exam’s design and validation.
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Bar exam blunders and the crisis the State Bar continues to ignore*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, co-authored an article in the Daily Journal arguing that the State Bar’s rushed changes to the bar exam violate state law and undermine fairness.
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Daily Journal: Audit of troubled bar exam likely months away, Umberg says*
Mary Basick said the delay in auditing the bar exam leaves test takers in limbo, compounding an already stressful situation.
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Faculty Roundup | April 2025
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Daily Journal: State Bar sticks with Kaplan for July exam despite outcry
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, was quoted in the Daily Journal.
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Daily Journal: State Bar power struggle erupts over exam oversight*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, was quoted in the Daily Journal.
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Law.com: State Bar Blocked Law School Academics From Vetting Troubled Bar Exam*
Assistant Dean of Academic Skills Mary Basick was quoted in Law.com regarding the California State Bar’s decision to block law school deans and professors from reviewing the February 2025 bar exam.
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Daily Journal: California Bar exam failure sparks lawsuit, legislative inquiry
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, speaks about creating a brief cram course for students who missed their chance topass the exam this time.
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Law Professor Blogs: Help! Guidance for February 2025 California Bar Takers (Part 1 of 3)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, is featured as a guest blogger.
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Law Professor Blogs: More Help! for February 2025 California Bar Takers (Part 2 of 3)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, is featured as a guest blogger.
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Daily Journal: Supreme Court Rejects Bar’s Attorney-Supervised Exam Alternative*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean for Academic Skills, was quoted in the Daily Journal about the California Supreme Court’s sweeping new recommendations for a new California bar exam.
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