People who used the Meazure Learning (ProctorU) platform to take the February 2025 California Bar Examination may qualify to claim a refund of at least the $153 laptop fee from the proposed ProctorU California bar exam class action settlement. The court has not yet ruled on preliminary approval, and claims cannot be filed until it does.
Current Status
Claims are not open. Test takers filed a motion for preliminary approval of a $1.35 million settlement with ProctorU, Inc., which does business as Meazure Learning, on September 18, 2026, and re-noticed it for a hearing on January 14, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. before Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland. The court had not ruled on the motion as of October 19, 2026. There is no settlement website, claim form or claim deadline yet, and no payment date has been announced.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
The test takers and Meazure mediated before retired U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford on July 14, 2026. The case did not settle that day, but the parties kept negotiating and signed a term sheet on August 12, 2026. The court stayed the case pending approval, and on September 11 it administratively terminated Meazure’s motion to dismiss without prejudice. The motion for preliminary approval followed on September 18.The consolidated complaint alleges that Meazure’s exam platform failed to perform as promised during the February 2025 exam. Meazure moved to dismiss the complaint with prejudice, and the court never ruled on that motion; no court has found that Meazure did anything wrong. The motion notes that the State Bar of California later adjusted scoring for the exam and opened a Provisional Licensure Program for some first-time takers who failed or withdrew.
Who Qualifies?
The proposed settlement class is everyone who used the Meazure Exam Platform to take the February 2025 California Bar Examination, about 4,100 people according to the motion. It does not matter whether a test taker passed, failed or withdrew. The class excludes the judges who presided over the cases and their spouses; Meazure’s current employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives and their family members; Meazure’s affiliates; and anyone who opts out.How Much Can You Get?
The settlement creates a $1.35 million non-reversionary fund, divided pro rata among class members who file valid claims after court-approved fees, costs, service awards and administration expenses come out. Each test taker paid Meazure a $153 laptop fee, and the motion says the fund is large enough that every valid claimant will almost certainly get at least that much back, and likely more.The motion lays out the requests that would come out of the fund first: up to $450,000 in attorneys’ fees (one-third of the fund), about $27,823 in litigation costs, $10,000 service awards for each of seven class representatives, and about $44,055 in administration costs. If the court approved all of them, roughly $758,000 would be left for claimants. Even if all 4,100 class members filed, that would come to about $185 each, and class counsel expects about 20% to file. These figures are estimates built from the motion’s numbers, and the court can award less than what is requested.
Meazure also agreed that, for any future California Bar Exam it runs, it will audit quality assurance and quality control before the exam and produce a written report confirming the software is adequate. The settlement does not pay for lost wages, study time, travel or test preparation, which the complaint had sought.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
According to the motion, the proposed claim form asks for name, address, email address and telephone number, an attestation that the claimant used the Meazure Exam Platform for the February 2025 California Bar Exam, and a choice of electronic payment or paper check. It does not describe receipts or a notice ID. The online form does not exist yet, so whether it will require a code from the emailed notice cannot be checked until it opens.What Is the Deadline?
No deadline has been set. Under the proposed schedule, the administrator would email notice within 21 days after a preliminary approval order, and claims, opt-outs and objections would all be due 60 days after that notice deadline. Class counsel’s fee motion would be due 35 days before the opt-out and objection deadline.How Do You Take Action?
There is nothing to file yet. If the court grants preliminary approval, Angeion Group, the proposed settlement administrator, would email the class notice to the addresses on Meazure’s exam platform and set up a settlement website with the notice, the claim form and the court filings. The claim form would be submitted through that website. This page will add the official settlement website once it launches.What Happens Next?
The preliminary approval hearing is set for January 14, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. If the court approves, the proposed schedule puts the final fairness hearing about 90 days after the preliminary approval order. Approved claims would be paid within 14 days after the settlement’s effective date, electronically unless the claimant chooses a check.Sources and Verification
- In re ProctorU California Bar Exam Litigation docket (CourtListener), No. 4:25-cv-02095-JST (N.D. Cal.).
- Motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement and memorandum, ECF No. 81 (Sept. 18, 2026): class definition, fund, allocation, claim form, notice plan, fees, schedule.
- Notice of motion for preliminary approval, ECF No. 85 (Sept. 21, 2026): January 14, 2027 hearing date.
- Order administratively terminating the motion to dismiss, ECF No. 78 (Sept. 11, 2026).
Questions
Does it matter whether a test taker passed the February 2025 bar exam?
No. The proposed class covers everyone who used the Meazure Exam Platform to take the February 2025 California Bar Examination, whether they passed, failed or withdrew. The settlement refunds the laptop fee and does not pay for lost wages, study time or travel, which the complaint had also sought.
Is this the same as the State Bar of California's own lawsuit or score adjustments?
No. This is a private class action by test takers against ProctorU, Inc., which does business as Meazure Learning. The State Bar's scoring adjustments and its Provisional Licensure Program are separate, and the settlement does not change them.
How will class members hear about the settlement?
Meazure is to export the name and email address of everyone who started the February 2025 exam on its platform, and the settlement administrator, Angeion Group, would email the notice within 21 days after a preliminary approval order. The motion asks the court to order Meazure to hand over that list because its contract with the State Bar treats the information as confidential.
What happens to money left over in the ProctorU settlement?
The fund is non-reversionary, so nothing returns to Meazure. Money left after claims, fees and costs goes to claimants pro rata, and only uncashed payments and other residual amounts would go to the proposed cy pres recipient, the California Lawyers Foundation.
