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ExamSoft Information

We offer JD, LLM and Exchange students who have a PC-compatible laptop that meets certain minimum specifications the option to take their in-class final exams on their laptops. Students who elect this option use software called SofTest from the company ExamSoft Worldwide. The software blocks access to all applications and stored files during the exam administration, and blocks access to the Internet and instant messenger. Over 125 law schools in the U.S. and Canada and over 33 state bars are using SofTest with excellent results.

Fall 2009 ExamSoft Registration: begins on October 14, 2009 and ends at midnight on November 20, 2009. Sign-up, download, installation and registration with ExamSoft may take approximately 30 minutes, depending on your Internet connection.

Please note: the Intro to American Law exam is scheduled for Friday, November 20th. This means if you plan to take the exam using ExamSoft, you will be required to complete the sign-up, download, installation and registration process prior to the regular deadline, no later than Monday, November 16th.

To register, visit the BU Law custom homepage on the ExamSoft website.

Please note that any student who signs up to use ExamSoft and later decides to take one or more exams with standard bluebooks, must notify the Registrar, Mary Jo Sullivan, by email at sully@bu.edu no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 5PM. Please indicate for which exam(s) you no longer wish to use ExamSoft.

Download the ExamSoft User Guidelines