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Research + Analysis

Teaching + Training

What You Need to Know About the Next Gen Bar Exam

Monday, July 17, 2023
10:45am – 11:45am EDT
Location: Hynes-302

    Moderator/Coordinator(s)

  • DP

    Dennis Kim Prieto

    Associate Professor and Reference Librarian
    Rutgers University Law School Library

    • Speaker(s)

  • VC

    Victor Chavez (he/him/his)

    Legal Research Specialist
    Sheppard Mullin
    LOS ANGELES, California, United States

  • BD

    Beth Donahue (she/her/hers)

    Director of Content Innovation and Education Relations
    National Conference of Bar Examiners

  • Victoria J. Szymczak

    Law Library Director
    William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii
    Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Law librarians will brief participants on current developments with the NextGen Bar Exam, focusing on the assessment of legal research. Panelists will speak not only about the NextGen Bar Exam as an assessment tool, but also touch upon how this Exam provides opportunities for instructional librarians in any professional setting.

Target Audience:

Instructional librarians, firm librarians engaged in training, and anyone who trains or works with Newly Licensed Lawyers (NLLs) will benefit from learning about NCBE's assessment efforts.

Takeaways:

  • Participants will learn how and when NCBE's Next Gen Bar Exam will test legal research skills.
  • Participants will be able to describe the fundamentals of Item Response Theory assessment and how it structures the Next Gen Bar Exam.
  • Participants will be able to inform their home institutions about upcoming developments as the Next Gen Bar Exam approaches deployment.