The National Conference of Bar Examiners is offering a $1,500 paid opportunity for July 2024 bar examinees!
 
In October 2024, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will conduct a nationwide prototype exam for the NextGen bar exam, which is currently under development. The prototype exam is a full-length, 9-hour pre-test over two days of the new bar exam question types and format that will debut in July 2026. The Illinois prototype exam will be held October 25-26, 2024 in Chicago, Champaign, and Carbondale.

 July 2024 bar examinees are invited to apply to serve as paid participants in the October prototype exam and, if selected, will be paid $1,500 for their participation. Participants are required to make a good-faith effort on this exam but are not expected to study for it.
 
The prototype exam will be held in 32 US jurisdictions; participants are not required to sit for the prototype in the same jurisdiction that they sat for the July bar exam or in the jurisdiction they went to law school. 

• For more information on the prototype exam, including dates and locations, visit the NextGen Prototype website.
• Learn more about the NextGen bar exam.

The application period will open on August 19 and close on August 29. There’s nothing examinees need to do now; if interested, participants should maintain a current email in their NCBE account and with their jurisdiction’s bar examiners; details about the prototype exam and how to apply will be sent to out on August 19.