AviK
PLEASE: Don’t confuse the Professional Organization>>>Bar Association, and the division of State Government that administers the Exam. They are NOT the same.
Here in CT, the exam is administered and scored by the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee, part of the state Superior Courts.
In Massachusetts the exam is administered and scored by the Board of Bar Overseers, also part of the state court system.
I know first hand about NY and CT because I took and passed and am licensed in both states. After holding my license in CT for 5 years, all I had to do was drive to Albany, pay a fee and be sworn in at the state judicial offices. That was decades ago, now one would have to take the exam
It is also these entities who discipline attorneys for misdeeds.
Membership in the Bar Association is not required to maintain one’s license. I haven’t bothered paying dues to the bar associations (statewide or county) in about 20 years. I’m not interested in their golf outings or treif dinners.