NOTICE OF INTENT TO TEST VIA LAPTOP

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS and AGREEMENTS

If you intend to use your laptop to take the essay portion of the Hawaii Bar Examination, you must complete and attach this form to your application for admission.

Hawaii uses ExamSoft as its laptop vendor for the essay portion of the bar examination. The ExamSoft software used during examination is SofTest Bar Edition. You must license the software directly from the vendor during laptop registration at www.examsoft.com/hibar. DO NOT send payment for the software and laptop registration to the Board of Examiners. You must agree to the terms and conditions of the ExamSoft license and web site to use their software and test by laptop.

To test by laptop, you must have experience with your laptop computer and complete the required download of software, laptop registration, and subsequent requirements as determined by the Board of Examiners. Your laptop must meet the minimum requirements set forth by ExamSoft. You agree that it is solely your responsibility to preinstall the SofTest software correctly and to ensure that your laptop is functioning correctly on the day of the exam. You understand and agree the Board of Examiners will not provide technical support on the day of the exam if you have a computer problem. You agree that in the event of a computer problem, you will notify the proctor and will continue the essay examination by handwriting in the answer books provided, and that you will receive no additional time in which to complete the exam. Once you begin handwriting the exam you may not return to your computer. You agree that if any or all of your answers are lost or unrecoverable, you will receive no credit for those portions of the exam. You must be in the testing area no later than 7:00 a.m. on the essay day of the exam to set up your computer and the computer must be functioning by exam time. You understand and agree that you must upload your answer files to ExamSoft no later than 9:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time on the essay day of exam or your answers will be disqualified and will not be graded. You understand that ExamSoft technical support will not be available after 2:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

You agree to hold harmless the Hawaii Supreme Court, the Board of Examiners, ExamSoft, and the service providers and/or venue operators providing the examination site for any computer malfunctions, electricity interruptions, loss of data, or service interruptions, regardless of the cause.

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