Bar Prep: NextGen Bar

https://nextgenbarexam.ncbex.org/

The NextGen bar exam will be administered over one and a half days, with two three-hour sessions on day one and one three-hour session on day two. Jurisdictions that administer their own local law components may elect to extend day two for that purpose.

Sample Questions https://nextgenbarexam.ncbex.org/nextgen-sample-questions/

NextGen Field Test Research Brief: https://nextgenbarexam.ncbex.org/reports/nextgen-research-brief-field-test/

Florida Board of Bar Examiners  https://www.floridabarexam.org/

Florida Courts - Court News https://www.flcourts.gov/Resources-Services/Education-Outreach/Court-News/Court-News-Archive/Court-News-2024/Florida-Adopts-NextGen-Bar-Exam-for-July-2028

Florida Bar - Bar News https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/florida-adopts-nextgen-bar-exam-with-florida-law-component-for-july-2028-bar-exam/

• Gen Z Meets NextGen: Using Generation Z Pedagogy to Prepare Students for the Next Gen Bar Exam  by Elizabeth Sherowski, 101 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 333 (2024).
• The NextGen Bar: Pressing the ABA Standards for Legal Education and Beyond  by Edieth Y. Wu, 57 Creighton L. Rev. 645 (2024).
• NextGen Licensure & Accreditation  by Nachman N. Gutowski, 22 U.N.H. L. Rev. 311 (2024).
• Bracing for Impact: Revising Legal Writing Assessments Ahead of the Collision of Generative AI and the NextGen Bar Exam  by Carolyn V. Williams, 28 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 1 (2024).
• Legal Research in the NextGen Era  Alyson Drake & Amanda Watson, (Forthcoming) Buffalo Law Review (2024).
• Raising the Bar: The NextGen Bar Exam and Contract Drafting  by Susan M. Chesler & Karen J. Sneddon, 25 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 843 (2024).
• And the Results Are In ... Reviewing the Results of the First Year LARC Research Exam Wherein Some of the Questions Were Redesigned to Meet the Expectations of the Next Gen Bar Exam Format  by Christine E. Rollins, 68 St. Louis U. L.J. 485 (2024).
• Professor, Please Help Me Pass the Bar Exam: #NextGenBar2026  by Melissa Bezanson Shultz, 71 J. Legal Educ. 141 (2021).
• In Response to Professor, Please Help Me Pass the Bar Exam  by Jaylin K. Johnson, 125 W. Va. L. Rev. 913 (2023).
• Secondary Courses Taught by Secondary Faculty: A (Personal) Call to Fully Integrate Skills Faculty and Skills Courses into the Law School Curriculum Ahead of the NextGen Bar Exam  O.J. Salinas, 107 Minn. L. Rev. 2663 (June 2023).
• A Next-Generation Framework: Using Critical Legal Research Pedagogy to Prepare Law Students for the NextGen Bar Exam  Laura B. Wilcoxon, 42(2) Legal Reference Services Quarterly 71 (2023).
• Change Is Inevitable. Exhaustion Is Optional: Get Your Students NextGen Ready with an Upcycled MPT  Maggie Eilertson & Melissa Shultz, 36 Second Draft 1 (May 2023).

• Licensed Lawyers: The Next Generation: As States Adopt the NextGen Bar Exam, Some Also Revist Alternative Pathways for Earning a Law License  Pete Sherman, 112 Ill. B.J. 14 (May 2024).
• NextGen Bar Exam Coming July 2026! President's Message  Maggie Castinado, 34 Conn. Law. 6 (March/April 2024).
• NextGen Bar Exam Builds on Strengths of Current Attorney Assessments  Timothy Davis, 28 N.C. St. B.J. 16 (Winter 2023).
• NextGen Bar Exam Available in 2026: The New Bar Exam to Assess Practical Lawyering Skills  Timothy Davis, 111 Ill. B.J. 12 (October 2023).
• Gateway Evolution: Introducing the 'NextGen Bar Exam': The Future of Legal Licensing and What It Means for Aspiring Attorneys in Washington  Noel Brandy, 77 Wash. St. B. News 38 (November 2023).