Washington Cancels Entire July Bar Exam After Yakima Tech Failure Leaves 645 Unscored

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.

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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.

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