California Bar Exam Software Company Agrees to Pay $1.35 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over 2025 Testing Failures

The software company behind California’s troubled February 2025 bar exam has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve a proposed class action brought by applicants who endured crashes, login problems, and other technical failures during the high-stakes licensing test. Under the proposed settlement, approximately 4,100 examinees would receive a full refund of the $153 laptop fee they were required to pay to use software provided by Meazure Learning, also known as ProctorU.

The agreement was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and still requires court approval. If approved, it would allow applicants to recover directly from the company that provided the testing platform, more than a year and a half after an exam that drew widespread complaints from aspiring lawyers across California.

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