July 2014: Bar Exam Apocalypse - Day 2

The fallout over yesterday's ExamSoft disaster continues, with the legal blogosphere chiming in on the matter. Jonathan Adler predicts that students who do not pass may end up suing ExamSoft, which is something I will keep in mind if the exam doesn't turn out the way I want it to. Coverage from the Wall Street Journal law blog is available here.

Yesterday, I suggested that the end is near (in an apocalyptic sense), in light of this software meltdown and massive flooding at UCLA. Today, for the most part, things seemed better, although I learned this evening that we had a bit of a close call:

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake occurred 5.59mi W of Manhattan Beach, California. Details: http://t.co/U1lX7Q2XJt Map: http://t.co/gpXNtshuLC
— LA QuakeBot (@earthquakesLA) July 30, 2014

This seems to have happened right at the beginning of the lunch break -- and the epicenter was far enough away that the impact was minimal at my testing location. But it is still a worrisome sign, especially since those of us in California (unlike most of the country) still have one more day of testing to go.