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I’ve decided to make a thread “primer” for attorneys who haven’t been following what’s going on with #barpocalypse.
Feel free to drop links to help brief them.
Feel free to drop links to help brief them.
Online bar exam software does not recognize darker skinned BIPOC. https://abovethelaw.com/2020/09/online-bar-exams-rely-on-facial-recognition-tech-and-guess-what-its-still-racist/
Software & security issues. https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/october-online-bar-is-less-than-a-month-away-and-test-takers-report-significant-software-problems
@ExamSoft incompetence. https://abovethelaw.com/2020/09/two-days-before-the-deadline-bar-exam-declares-desktop-computers-forbidden/
@examsoft incompetence, again. https://abovethelaw.com/2020/09/examsoft-partner-suffered-440k-user-data-breach-examsoft-still-says-everythings-fine/
Incompetence is a theme, obviously. https://abovethelaw.com/2020/09/technical-support-adopts-innovative-stop-answering-the-phone-strategy/
The unconscionable agreements we’re casually being forced to sign. https://twitter.com/law_djm/status/1301903295456387074
An excellent review of the privacy/bias issues from @AST_News: http://associationforsoftwaretesting.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AST_Press_Release_on_Online_Exams.pdf
Licensing expert @law_djm on the inequities around the online bar exam - which, as she explains, CANNOT be fairly scored this year, due to NCBE’s refusal to scale online exam scores. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ax5gubpv5b7jv2y/Merritt%20to%20NY%20Working%20Group.pdf?dl=0
A letter from advocates directly to the @NYSBA’s Well Being Task Force. Radio silence.
Not a soul from NYSBA has helped us, despite repeated outreach and pleas. Even when advocates met with Scott Karson virtually to tell their stories, his screen was black the whole time. https://twitter.com/mmachado__/status/1286852507948453888
Not a soul from NYSBA has helped us, despite repeated outreach and pleas. Even when advocates met with Scott Karson virtually to tell their stories, his screen was black the whole time. https://twitter.com/mmachado__/status/1286852507948453888
In New York, there have been attempts to help us from the legislative angle, but the Court of Appeals has dug its heels in completely.... https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/law-school-grads-legislators-say-n-y-online-bar-exam-risky
...even though, just MONTHS ago, the court of appeals itself stated that an online bar exam carries undue risk. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jf73vkg31bi5jrr/2020-06-22%20Letter%20to%20Deans%20of%20NY%20Law%20Schools(1).pdf?dl=0
Ok, reliving all this was emotionally exhausting. I hope it’s valuable to someone.
Advocates, chime in with articles I missed.
Advocates, chime in with articles I missed.
Oh, and one more thing: @ExamSoft’s controlling shareholder, Spectrum Equity, is on notice in writing of major privacy/bias issue with ExamSoft’s software. They haven’t said anything. https://twitter.com/diplomapriv4all/status/1309625540018540544
