She Collapsed During the Bar Exam. Now She’s Suing over What Happened Next.

Woman Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest During NY Bar Exam Sues Hofstra - But Not The Bar Examiners

Last July, a woman taking the New York bar exam went into cardiac arrest. She gasped for air, cried out, fell out of her chair, and turned blue on the floor in front of proctors, staff, and hundreds of other examinees. The proctors told everyone to stay in their seats and keep writing. A year later, she’s suing. Mary Jane Jung, a 2025 Fordham Law graduate, filed last week in Nassau County Supreme Court, alleging that the delay in getting her hel…

She collapsed during the bar exam. Now she’s suing over what happened next.

A New Jersey woman who collapsed during the 2025 New York State Bar Examination at Hofstra University is suing New York state and its Board of Law Examiners, alleging delays in emergency medical care left her with a permanent brain injury after proctors continued the exam instead of immediately responding to her medical crisis. New York Post reported.

Woman, 36, collapsed, began turning blue during bar exam at Hofstra University — and proctors ordered test takers to keep working: lawsuit

The 36-year-old began "gasping for her air" on the floor, lost consciousness and started turning blue, while the exam's proctors ordered the hundreds in the exam room to carry on with the test -- delaying Jung critical "early minutes" during her alleged medical crisis.

Inside the WA bar exam room where hundreds were kept waiting

More than 600 recent law school graduates are still in legal limbo after Washington's administration of the bar exam was canceled due to technical issues.