Posted on 04/23/2025 4:48:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state’s legal licensing body has caused fresh outrage by admitting that some multiple-choice questions were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence.
After completing the exam, Basick said, some test takers complained that some of the questions felt as if they were written by AI.
“I defended the bar,” Basick said. “‘No way! They wouldn’t do that!’”
Using AI-developed questions written by non-legally-trained psychometricians represented “an obvious conflict of interest,” Basick argued, because “these are the same psychometricians tasked with establishing that the questions are valid and reliable.”
“It’s a staggering admission,” agreed Katie Moran, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law who specializes in bar exam preparation.
“The State Bar has admitted they employed a company to have a non-lawyer use AI to draft questions that were given on the actual bar exam,” she said. “They then paid that same company to assess and ultimately approve of the questions on the exam,...”
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“My lawyer army will taste man flesh.” Gaviraun
You mean even AI can’t keep up with all the current changes made by judges in their decisions of our amorphous body of law?
AI for dumb lawyers!
The answer is C. “Elon is a f’n genius, and you’re not.”
Can the Bar be sued? If so can they use AI lawyers to defend the AI exam? LOL
if the once-great State of Californication is gonna use AI to do, compose its various bureaucrappic documents and tests
they should hire a couple 12 year olds who know how to use AI
Question:I'm not a lawyer, just a lowly mechanical engineer (who never took the Professional Engineer exam), but that looks pretty good to me.In 2024, the California Legislature passed the "Healthy Schools Act," which mandates that all public schools in the state provide free, plant-based meals to students and prohibits the sale or provision of any meat or dairy products on school premises. The stated purpose of the law is to promote student health, reduce environmental impact, and address climate change concerns. The law applies uniformly to all public schools, including those receiving federal funding.
A group of parents and a local dairy farmers' association file a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Healthy Schools Act. The parents argue that the law violates their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, claiming that their religious beliefs require their children to consume dairy products as part of a balanced diet. The dairy farmers assert that the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by unfairly targeting their industry, as plant-based food producers are not similarly restricted. Additionally, both groups argue that the law exceeds the state's authority under the Tenth Amendment by interfering with federal nutrition programs that allow meat and dairy in schools.
You are a law clerk for the federal district court judge hearing the case. The judge asks you to draft a memorandum analyzing the constitutional issues raised by the plaintiffs. Address the following:
- Analyze the parents' claim under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
- Evaluate the dairy farmers' claim under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Assess the plaintiffs' Tenth Amendment claim regarding the state's authority to enact the Healthy Schools Act.
Instructions for Examinees:
Provide a clear and concise legal analysis for each issue, applying relevant constitutional principles, case law, and tests (e.g., strict scrutiny, rational basis review, etc.). Identify the likely outcome for each claim based on your analysis. Assume the facts provided are complete and no additional state or federal laws directly conflict with the Healthy Schools Act.
What does the FReeper Law Team think?
I don’t see the problem with using AI to develope the questions as long as then are reviewed by people before being used.
What I am looking forward to is the day when all customer service is handled by AI and getting in contact with an actual human being is impossible.
That's going to be so much fun!
California’s lawyers don’t need to know anything about law. All they want to know is Lawfare.
lol 🤣
Only a woman could come up with women lawyer questions. Men have no vagina, so, could not.
The bar is a private organization with no ties to the government whatsoever....
And its run by leftists
I have no proof but I would bet they get some kind of subsidy from the government. Doesn't everybody who is on the left?
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