Washington's July bar exam never really started.
That language is stronger than NCBE's "site-specific network bandwidth issues," and the gap between the two phrases is now part of the public fight over who owns the failure.
Washington adopted it for July 2026 on a timeline set by the state Supreme Court and the bar.
Decisions were due by mid-August under the timeline reported by Above the Law.
If it believes applicants should not bear the full cost of a venue failure, it needs a written order, not quiet sympathy.
The state's first NextGen Uniform Bar Exam collapsed under network failures at the Yakima Convention Center. A September makeup in Tacoma, a February transfer, or a refund are the official options.