New York’s bar exam administrators would have to craft a plan for emergencies under legislation poised to advance in Albany after an episode last year in which a test-taker required CPR.

The bar exam is a highly stressful event. After enduring years of law school, candidates spend several months preparing for the multiday event. Their admission to the bar depends on being successful ...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Students are speaking out after a woman taking the bar exam at Hofstra University in New York suddenly suffered an apparent heart attack, and they say proctors wouldn't stop the ...

It's hard to avoid the suspicion that the state's bar examiners failed a test last week. A woman taking the two-day, 12-hour exam required for admission to practice law in New York suffered an ...