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Three states say they will start administering the new bar exam in July 2026, and two others say they are committed to making the switch in the future, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners .
Meanwhile, Wyoming has opted to move to the Next Gen bar exam in July 2027, and bar exam officials in Connecticut have decided to adopt the new test but have not finalized the date for that change, the NCBE said. Florida announced in July that it would not give the Next Gen exam when it becomes available in July 2026, and Pennsylvania followed suit in October. Florida had the third-highest number of bar examinees last year, while Pennsylvania had the eighth highest.
The Next Gen bar exam is meant to emphasize legal skills and rely less on the memorization of laws, and it does away with the three separate components of the current exam — the 200-mutliple-choice question Multistate Bar Exam, the Multistate Essay Exam, and the Multistate Performance Test. The Next Gen exam will also be shorter at nine hours, compared with the current 12-hour test.
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