Section 12 - Review Procedure for Part I of the Louisiana State Bar Examination(A)Representative Good Answers Each Examiner shall designate a representative good answer for each question on the Part I examination subject for which he or she is responsible. Such representative good answers shall be chosen from the answers of the applicants who sat for the applicable examination subject. Representative good answers will be made available to applicants who received a failing score on the applicable examination subject but only during the review process described in this Section. Neither the real nor the fictitious name of the author of a representative good answer will be revealed. (B) Review All failing Part I subject examination booklets will be retained by the Bar Admissions Administrator. Any applicant who fails or conditionally fails Part I shall have the right to review his or her failing examination booklets and the representative good answers for the failed examinations after making a written request in accordance with this Section. [Amended effective October 19, 2011] (1) The Committee shall designate a deadline after each administration of the Part I examination by which applicants may request a review of their failed examination booklets and the representative good answers.(2) The Bar Admissions Administrator shall send a postcard to each applicant who submitted a written request for review by the applicable deadline, which postcard will set forth the date and time on which the applicant may review his or her failed examination booklets. The Bar Admissions Administrator shall also designate one makeup day for those unable to review failed examination booklets at the assigned time. [Amended effective October 19, 2011]
(3) All reviews shall take place at the offices of the Committee on Bar Admissions, or at any other location designated by the Committee. Reviews will be conducted between 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon and between 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Applicants must complete their review before the close of each session. Applicants must sign a receipt for all examination booklets and representative good answers received for review. Applicants will not be allowed to copy or remove any Part I failed examination booklets or representative good answers. No person other than the applicant will be allowed to review his or her failed examination booklets or representative good answers. No person other than the applicant will be allowed to participate in the review. Applicants must return all examination booklets and representative good answers to the monitor before being allowed to sign out. Failure to comply with review procedures will be reported to the Director of Character and Fitness, and may be considered by the Panel on Character and Fitness in its investigation of the character and fitness of the applicant. (4) The decision of the Committee on Bar Admissions as to whether an applicant has passed or failed Part I shall be final. [Amended effective July 1, 2012](5) All failing Part I examination booklets may be destroyed by the Committee at any time following the scheduled date of the next Part I examination.(6) No cause of action shall arise in favor of an applicant as a result of the applicant's exercise of the review rights conferred in this Section. Repealed and reenacted effective 8/1/2008