Wobblie wrote:
That's not my understanding at all. When the LSUC brought in the draconian exam measures the intent was to make things difficult for the private exam prep firms that were preying on insecure law grads who they convinced needed "extra help" to pass the exams. Those firms pay people to take the bar exams then relay the questions back so they can be incorporated into the firm's prep guide. The LSAT gets around the problem by publishing new questions every year, which are tested out on previous years. The LSUC didn't want to go to the trouble and expense and decided to nip the problem in the bud by making it as difficult as possible for people to relay exam questions back to the prep firms. Hence the restrictions on bathroom breaks and taking paper out of the exam.

While exam prep firms like BarBri provide useful courses for passing things like the NY bar exam, don't forget that's a difficult closed book exam. A prep course for the Ontario bars is a waste of $$$.

What if someone has a photographic memory? Maybe they should start hitting people over the head with a frying pan as they exit the examination room.