{"id":28434,"date":"2026-08-05T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28434"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:12:40","slug":"woman-collapsed-began-turning-blue-during-bar-exam-at-hofstra-university-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28434","title":{"rendered":"Woman collapsed, began turning blue during bar exam at Hofstra University: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>An attorney hopeful lost consciousness and suffered a serious brain injury during the bar exam at Hofstra University, while proctors refused to stop the test and ignored her gasps for help, a shocking lawsuit claims.  <\/p>\n<p>Mary Jane Jung, of New Jersey, suddenly slumped out of her chair and allegedly went into cardiac arrest inside the Long Island school\u2019s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex shortly before a lunch break on July 30, 2025, during the morning session of the New York State Bar Examination, according to court papers filed in Nassau County.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old began \u201cgasping for her air\u201d on the floor, lost consciousness and started turning blue, while the exam\u2019s proctors ordered the hundreds in the exam room to carry on with the test \u2014 delaying Jung critical \u201cearly minutes\u201d during her alleged medical crisis, her lawsuit against the state and its Board of Law Examiners claims. <\/p>\n<p>Those who tried to come to her aid were \u201cdiscouraged or admonished,\u201d July 29 court papers said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency medical services were not immediately summoned. CPR was not promptly administered. 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(AFP via Getty Images) <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to see accountability through this lawsuit, and bring some closure of a traumatic and painful experience for our client,\u201d Jung\u2019s attorney, Imran H. Ansari, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/education\/cardiac-arrest-hofstra-university-bar-exam-lawsuit-wyxucgwl?utm_source=tw_nd\">Newsday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore importantly, Ms. Jung\u2019s ordeal will resonate and effectuate change in the manner the test is administered and how those who host the test takers accommodate their needs, particularly in the event of a medical emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carmen Beauchump Ciparick, a former judge and current chairperson of the Board of Law Examiners \u2014 the group responsible for administering the bar exam \u2014 said the university responded to Jung\u2019s emergency within two and a half minutes of her collapsing out of her chair, and three and a half minutes before lunch break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jung, a graduate of Fordham Law School, is seeking undisclosed financial damages.<\/p>\n<p>Hofstra University and the state Board of Law Examiners did not immediately respond to <br \/>The Post\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An attorney hopeful lost consciousness and suffered a serious brain injury during the bar exam at Hofstra University, while proctors refused to stop the test and ignored her gasps for help, a shocking lawsuit claims. 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