Bar Exam Crisis: 5 Lessons From New York’s Near-Fatal Testing Incident

Bar Exam Crisis: 5 Lessons From New York’s Near-Fatal Testing Incident

A July 30 medical emergency at a New York bar-exam site has reignited national scrutiny of how the exam is run—and how candidates are protected when things go wrong. During the morning session at Hofstra University, a test-taker suffered cardiac arrest. Proctors did not immediately stop the exam, according to multiple eyewitness accounts and local reporting; responders from Hofstra Public Safety performed CPR and used a defibrillator before para…