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Commission on the Future  \nof the California Bar Examination  \nPurpose  \nIn 2018, the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California created the California Attorney Practice  Analysis (CAPA) Working Group to convene specialists in the field of psychometrics and practice analysis to document the current practice of law in California, and more specifically to understand the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by entry-level attorneys in California to practice law ethically and competently. The study collected data on attorney practices along two principle dimensions: what attorneys do as reflected in daily tasks, and what knowledge attorneys use to perform those tasks. The results provided information necessary to evaluate the link between the California Bar Examination’s content and current legal practice and to create a blueprint—an outline of content coverage across legal topics and job responsibilities—for the future selection of bar exam topics and question items. The CAPA Working Group evaluated the findings, applied their professional judgment, and recommended that the bar exam test eight legal topics and six skills. The working group concluded its work in 2020 with areport to the Board of Trustees. This work coincided with a national practice analysis conducted by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), whose forthcoming final report will include recommendations regarding content and format of the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) .  \nTo evaluate the recommendations raised by the CAPA Working Group as well as additional policy questions regarding the bar exam’s format and pass score, the California Supreme Court and the Board of Trustees established the joint Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam.  \nCharter  \nThe Blue Ribbon Commission is charged with developing recommendations concerning whether and what changes to make to the California Bar Exam, and whether to adopt alternative or additional testing or tools to ensure minimum competence to practice law. In so doing, the commission will review the results of the California Attorney Practice Analysis and the CAPA Working Group’s recommendations; the results of the 2020 National Conference of Bar Examiners practice analysis and its recommendations for the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) content and format; and the results of additional recent studies on the California Bar Exam conducted the State Bar, including data examining the pass rates of applicants of color. While its work will be grounded in these studies’ empirical findings, the commission shall explore other issues to ensure that the exam is an effective tool for determining whether applicants are prepared to practice law ethically and competently at a level appropriate for an entry-level attorney including any information that may be gleaned from California’s experience with the temporary provisional licensure program to the extent that it is relevant to the commission’s charge.  \nIn particular, the commission will develop recommendations for the California Supreme Court and the State Bar of California regarding:  \n1. 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