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What Are The Uniform Bar Exam Topics?
The Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) is a unique bar exam that is rapidly taking over the country. Despite its popularity, you probably only learned this when you were deciding what bar exam to take after you finish law school. Now that you are ready to begin your bar exam study journey, you need to know the Uniform Bar Exam topics. If you are a law student ahead of the game and want to know what courses you should take to prepare you best for a UBE bar exam, this post is also for you.
General Overview of the Uniform Bar Exam
The Uniform Bar Exam is a bar exam created by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and but it is administered, graded, and scored by individual jurisdictions. It provides a portable score that can be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions if it is considered to be a passing score by that jurisdiction.
The UBE tests general legal principles and skills, not state-specific law. It consists of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) and a written portion made up of the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT). The MPT does not test specific legal topics but rather lawyering skills. Below, we will give you an overview of each part of the test, along with which topics are tested in each portion.
Multistate Bar Examination
According to NCBE, the purpose of the MBE is to test applicants on their ability to “apply fundamental legal principles and legal reasoning to analyze given fact patterns.” The MBE consists of 200 multiple choice questions administered over a span of six hours, which are divided into two three-hour morning and afternoon sessions. Out of the 200 questions, 175 are scored and 25 are unscored “pretest questions.” No points are deducted for wrong answers, so if you find yourself running out of time be sure fill in an answer to as many questions as you can.
The MBE tests the following seven subjects:
- Contracts and Sales
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Civil Procedure
- Real Property
All subjects are equally tested for there will be 25 questions for each subject. The 25 remaining questions are the “pretest” questions.
Multistate Essay Examination
The MEE consists of six essays administered over three hours. So you will want to be sure to allow yourself only 30 minutes per essay. The NCBE prepares these six essay questions.
The NCBE lists the following subjects as potential subjects covered on the MEE:
- Business Associations (Agency and Partnership; Corporations and Limited Liability Companies)
- Conflict of Laws
- Trusts and Estates (Decedents Estates; Trusts and Future Interests)
- Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transactions)
In the past, the NCBE released seven to nine essay questions that jurisdictions administering the MEE could choose from. But as of February 2014, the NCBE only wrote and provided six MEE essays so jurisdictions no longer got to pick and choose what questions to test on. If you are in a MEE jurisdiction, please see this post about the subjects that are frequently tested on the Multistate Essay Exam.
Decoding the chart above
The data below and in the above chart comes from the bar exams from 2011 to the most recent bar exam. The single most highly tested subject on the essay portion of the Uniform Bar Exam is Civil Procedure. We’ve also divided up the subjects so you can see the most highly tested to least-tested subjects. (You can see the most recent Multistate Essay Exam frequency chart here .)
Tier One: Highly Tested Subjects on the Uniform Bar Exam (In Order of Most-to-Least Tested)
- Civil Procedure (18 full essays plus 1 combined with another subject)
- Agency and Partnership (12 full essays plus 4 combined with another subject)
- Contracts (15 full essays)
- Secured Transactions (12 full essays)
- Real Property (12 full essays)
- Corporations and LLCs (10 full essays plus 4 combined with another subject)
- Evidence (9 full essays plus 3 combined with another subject)
- Trusts and Future Interests (9 full essays plus 3 combined with another subject)
- Decedents’ Estates (Wills) (8 full essays plus 4 combined with another subject)
- Constitutional Law (8 full essays plus 2 combined with another subject)
- Torts (7 full essays plus 3 combined with another subject)
Tier Two: Lesser-Tested Subjects on the Uniform Bar Exam (In Order of Most-to-Least Tested)
- Family Law (9 full essays)
- Criminal Procedure (5 full essays plus 2 combined with another subject)
- Criminal Law (6 full essays plus 1 combined with another subject)
- Conflict of Laws (This is usually combined with Decedents’ Estates, Family Law, Civil Procedure, or Corporations/LLCs. It is not tested on its own.) (0 full essays, 6 essays combined with another subject)
Some notes to keep in mind
- Sometimes the NCBE labels a subject “Criminal Law and Procedure” when it only covers just one of those topics. We listed the true amount of times those subjects were tested above.
- 2011 is when the first Uniform Bar Exam was administered.
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Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
The MPT is a lawyerly task. You will be expected to complete, for example, a memorandum to a supervising attorney, a letter to a client, a persuasive memorandum or brief, a statement of facts, a contract provision, a will, a settlement proposal, a discovery plan, a witness examination plan, a counseling plan, or a closing argument. The MPT does not test any law! So there are really no Uniform Bar Exam topics that you have to know for the MPT.
Here is a brief overview of the MPT.
The MPT has two parts: (1) a file, and (2) a library.
The file contains:
- A task memo : This tells you what you are supposed to do. It is important to pay attention to directions! Many students lose points simply because they do not pay attention! The task memo will reveal the kind of document you are supposed to write, who your audience is, the tone of the document (i.e. whether it is supposed to be persuasive or objective), and any specific issues that need to be addressed.
- Factual documents : These include transcripts of depositions or interviews, court pleadings, discovery documents, etc. Just like in “real life”, not every single document will be important. Note also, that some documents are ambiguous, incomplete, or conflicting, just like in real life.
The library contains : the law. This includes cases, statutes, rules, regulations, etc. Some of the law may be relevant; some may not be! Remember that even if you think you know the law, they may have changed it for the purpose of the MPT. Never assume you know what the library says! Read everything in the library, including the footnotes.
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Uniform Bar Examination
About the ube.
The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) is coordinated by NCBE and is composed of the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) , two Multistate Performance Test (MPT) tasks, and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) . It is uniformly administered, graded, and scored and results in a portable score that can be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions.
The UBE is administered over two days, with the MBE given on the last Wednesday of February and July and the MEE and MPT given on the Tuesday prior to that. Jurisdictions that use the UBE may also require applicants to complete a jurisdiction-specific law component .
Jurisdictions That Have Adopted the UBE
Select a jurisdiction for a summary of bar admission information specific to that jurisdiction and contact information for its bar admission agency. Note that jurisdictions that adopt the UBE may be indicated as such with incomplete information until rule amendments are finalized.
For a downloadable map of jurisdictions that have adopted the UBE, access the PDF map: Adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination with NCBE Tests Administered by Non-UBE Jurisdictions .
For more information, view our informational pdf about the UBE .
Click on the following button for a list of UBE jurisdictions and their first administration dates.
List of UBE Jurisdictions
Click on a jurisdiction in the map below for an overview of its bar admission requirements, including additional information on its UBE policies.
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- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
The UBE is designed to test knowledge and skills that every lawyer should be able to demonstrate prior to becoming licensed to practice law. It results in a portable score that can be used to apply for admission in other UBE jurisdictions.
Policies Set by UBE Jurisdictions
While the UBE is uniformly administered, graded, and scored by user jurisdictions, the user jurisdictions continue to independently
- decide who may sit for the bar exam and who will be admitted to practice;
- determine underlying educational requirements;
- make all character and fitness decisions;
- set their own policies regarding the number of times applicants may retake the bar examination;
- make ADA decisions;
- grade the MEE and MPT;
- set their own pre-release regrading policies;
- assess candidate knowledge of jurisdiction-specific content through a separate test, course, or some combination of the two if the jurisdiction chooses;
- accept MBE scores earned in a previous examination or concurrently in another jurisdiction for purposes of making local admission decisions if they wish. Note: candidates must sit for all portions of the UBE in the same UBE jurisdiction and in the same administration in order to earn a portable UBE score;
- set their own passing scores; and
- determine how long incoming UBE scores will be accepted.
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Uniform Bar Exam Topics: What to Expect
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The Uniform Bar Exam, or UBE, is 12 hours of testing, split over two days. It consists of three parts: Multistate Performance Test (MPT), Multistate Essay Exam (MEE), and the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). Your jurisdiction may also have a state-specific component you must complete in addition to the UBE. If this is the case, the bar exam will be a bit longer for you.
You'll take the MPT and MEE on the first day, which is always a Tuesday. You'll take the MBE on the second day, which is always a Wednesday.
Multistate Performance Test Subjects
You'll have two assignments to complete, and 90 minutes for each assignment. Jurisdictions can choose one or both of the items to include on their bar exams. Jurisdictions that administer the UBE use both assignments.
This test looks at how someone would use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation, and how they would complete the task. This is not a test of knowledge, but an evaluation of skill lawyers are expected to be able to demonstrate regardless of area of law they intend to practice.
The American Bar Association for Law Students suggests test takers spend the first 45 minutes reading the File and Library and split the remaining half of the time between the two questions based on how difficult they are. Try to have a bit of time left over to edit and review your response.
Multistate Essay Exam Subjects
You'll take this portion of the UBE after lunch. You'll be given three hours to answer six MEE essay questions. You can divide the time up however you need to, but keep in mind, you have 30 minutes per essay if you want to give them all equal attention.
Allow 10 to 15 minutes for reading the prompt and 15 to 20 minutes to write your response. Use any remaining time to review and edit your answer.
- Business Associations: Agency and partnership, and corporations and limited liability companies.
- Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction and venue, the law applied by federal courts, pretrial procedures, jury trials, motions, verdicts and judgements, and appealability and review.
- Conflicts of Law: These issues are embedded in other topic areas and do not appear as standalone questions. Issues include domicile, the jurisdiction of courts, choice of law, and recognition and enforcement of other states' judgments and foreign judgments.
- Constitutional Law: Nature of judicial review, separation of powers, relation of nation and states in a federal system, and individual rights.
- Contracts: Formation of contracts, defenses to enforceability, contract content and meaning, performance, breach and discharge, remedies, and third-party rights.
- Criminal Law and Procedure: Homicide, other crimes, inchoate crimes; parties, general principles, and constitutional protection of accused persons.
- Evidence: Presentation of evidence, relevancy and reasons for excluding relevant evidence, privileges and other policy exclusions, writings, recordings, and photographs, and hearsay and circumstances of its admissibility.
- Family Law: Getting married, being married, separation, divorce, dissolution, and annulment, child custody, rights of unmarried cohabitants, parent, child, and state, adoption, and alternatives to adoption.
- Real Property: Ownership of real property, rights in real property, real estate contracts, mortgages/security devices, and titles.
- Secured Transactions: Assume articles 1 and 9 of Uniform Commercial Code are adopted and in effect. General UCC principles, applicability, and definitions, validity of security agreements and rights of parties, rights of third parties, default.
- Torts: Intentional torts, negligence, strict liability and products liability, and other torts.
- Trusts and Decendents’ Estates: Intestate succession, wills, family protection, living wills and durable healthcare powers, and trusts and future interests.
The essay questions will likely cover more than one area of law and include information irrelevant to the case, as is expected in real-life situations. You should know how to analyze the fact pattern, find the issues and the relevant facts, and address the legal issues with the applicable black-letter law.
Multistate Bar Exam Subjects
For the second day of testing, you'll have 200 multiple choice questions to answer. You'll have three hours to answer the first 100 in the morning, and another three hours to answer the remaining 100 questions after lunch. Subjects are evenly distributed throughout the questions, rather than having separate sections for each topic. Answer all the questions, even though only 175 of them will be scored.
- Civil Procedure
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Torts: Assume that survival actions and claims for wrongful death are available.
- Real Property
- Constitutional Law
- Evidence: Answered according to the Federal Rules of Evidence.
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Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
Before you are admitted to the bar, you'll also have to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) , which is administered separately. The MPRE consists of 60 multiple-choice questions, 50 of which are scored. Examinees will have two hours to answer all the questions.
The subject matter tested (and the approximate percentage of questions in each) on the MPRE is as follows:
Passing MPRE scores are established by each jurisdiction. 75 is the lowest passing score (Alabama, DC, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming) while 86 is the highest passing score (California). The most common passing score is 85.
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What is the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)?
The UBE is a standardized bar exam created by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). It is designed to test knowledge and skills that every lawyer should have before becoming licensed to practice law.
The UBE is uniformly administered and scored, and the UBE score is portable, meaning it can be used to apply in multiple jurisdictions that have adopted the UBE. Some jurisdictions that use the UBE may also require applicants to complete additional educational components or exams. Each jurisdiction sets its own passing score.
RELATED READING: UBE Passing Scores By State
About the UBE
The UBE consists of three parts: the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT). You can read more details about each of these sections below.
The UBE is administered twice a year over the course of two days.
The first administration of the MBE falls on the last Wednesday of February, with the MEE and MPT being administered the Tuesday prior to that. The second administration of the MBE is on the last Wednesday of July, with the MEE and MPT on the Tuesday prior to that.
What is on the UBE?
The UBE is comprised of the following three sections, weighted as follows:
- The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 50%
- The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) 30%
- The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) 20%
What is The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)?
The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) is one component of the Uniform Bar Exam. It is a 200-question, multiple-choice exam administered over a six-hour period on two dates per year: the last Wednesday of February and the last Wednesday of July.
The MBE is used to help bar examiners determine competence to practice law. Specifically, it is used to assess an examinee’s ability to apply fundamental legal principles, exercise legal reasoning, and analyze fact patterns. Jurisdictions that administer the UBE weigh the MBE component 50%.
RELATED READING: How to Study For The MBE
What is The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)?
The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) consists of six 30-minute questions that are administered on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in July of each year (when the MBE is administered).
The MEE is used to determine effective communication in writing, specifically the ability to:
- Identify legal issues raised by real-life, factual scenarios
- Differentiate between relevant and non-relevant information
- Present a reasoned analysis of relevant information through clarity in writing and composition
- Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental legal principles that are relevant to the issues tested
Jurisdictions that administer the UBE weigh the MEE component 30%.
What are the UBE essay subjects?
The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) section of the UBE may cover any of the following content areas:
- Business Associations – Agency and Partnership, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Federal Civil Procedure
- Real Property
- Trusts and Estates – Decedents' Estates; Trusts and Future Interests
- Uniform Commercial Code – Article 9, Secured Transactions
Unlike the MBE, which is graded and scored by the NCBE, the MEE is graded exclusively by the jurisdiction administering the bar examination.
RELATED READING: MEE Essay Strategies
What is the Multistate Performance Test (MPT)?
The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) is the third component of the UBE and can consist of one or two 90-minute sections depending on your testing jurisdiction . If your jurisdiction has adopted the UBE, your test will consist of two sections.
The Multistate Performance Test will examine your ability to solve a fictional client's problem. This test was designed to assess your fundamental lawyer skills and determine if they are adequate regardless of which area of law you practice.
The MPT is administered as part of the bar examination on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and July of each year. Jurisdictions that administer the UBE weigh the MPT component 20%.
UBE states and UBE jurisdictions
The U.S. states and districts that accept the UBE are:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming, Virgin Islands
The UBE is uniformly administered across these jurisdictions, but the jurisdictions themselves are responsible for certain aspects of the exam and its administration, including, but not limited to:
- Determining who can sit for the exam and how many times they can take it
- Scoring the MEE and MPT components
- Setting score release policies
- Requiring additional jurisdiction-specific exams or educational components
- Setting passing score rates and determining how long scores will be accepted
Why does the UBE matter?
The Uniform Bar Examination provides a standardized bar exam that has been adopted in 26 states and the District of Columbia. Examinees who take the UBE earn a portable score that can be transferred to seek admission in other UBE jurisdictions.
For more information about the UBE and its sections, scoring, and jurisdictions, visit the NBCE’s site.
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Learn about the bar exam, including the ube, from the u.s. bar exam preparation experts.
1. What is the bar exam? 2. How hard is the bar exam? 3. What is the bar exam format? 4. What is the UBE? 5. Foreign eligibility 6. Which state exam should I take?
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At BARBRI, we’ve helped licensed attorneys pass the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) since its inception in 1972 and the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) since its introduction in 2011. In fact, we have prepared candidates to pass every U.S. state and jurisdiction bar exam administered for over 50 years or 100 exams. We’ve learned a few things during that time to teach you what is the bar exam.
The bar exam is the final hurdle toward becoming a licensed attorney in the United States. Before you can practice law in any U.S. state or jurisdiction, you must go through that state’s admissions process and pass that state’s bar exam. Every jurisdiction administers a bar exam to test a candidate's ability to think like a lawyer and prove that they have the “minimum competency” to practice law in that state.
How hard is the bar exam?
Here’s the deal. The bar exam is hard. There is no "easy" way to pass the bar, no shortcut to get out of the difficult work you must do to pass your bar exam.
We also know that you can do it. You can pass the bar exam.
While the bar exam has a well-deserved reputation for being hard, it’s important to remember that it is a pass/fail, minimum competency exam. Passing the bar exam requires a completely different mindset and preparation approach. To pass the bar, you don’t have to be great in any one area. The key to passing is simply doing well enough, in enough areas, to land on the passing side of the bar exam curve. You want to build a base of knowledge that is wide and shallow rather than narrow and deep.
What is the bar exam format?
For most jurisdictions, the bar exam is a 2-day exam that is held on the last Tuesday & Wednesday every February and July. There are still a few states that administer a 2 ½- or 3-day bar exam.
While the format and content covered can vary for each state’s exam, there is a growing trend toward adopting the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE).
Whether you’ll be taking the exam in a state that administers the UBE or a state-specific exam, there are some universal truths that cover almost all state bar exams. Check out this video to learn these “universal truths” and more on what is the bar exam:
The great news is that we compile all of the information that you need to know about the dates, format, subjects tested, deadlines, fees and more — for each U.S. state — in the free BARBRI Bar Exam Digest that you can download here.
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What is the UBE?
The Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) is a 2-day exam, promulgated by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), but administered, graded and scored by individual states. It also results in a portable score that can be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions, subject to certain limitations. The NCBE Bar Admission Guide has those details.
The UBE was first adopted in 2011 by three states. Today, the majority of U.S. states have adopted the UBE.
The UBE is administered twice annually, the last Tuesday & Wednesday in February and July each year, and is composed of:
- The Multistate Performance Test (MPT), weighted at 20% of your overall exam score
- The Multistate Essay Exam (MEE), weighted at 30% of your overall exam score
- The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), weighted at 50% of your overall exam score
The Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
The MPT is an open-book exam during which you are given all the materials you need to produce a lawyer-like work product such as a memo or a brief. It tests your fundamental lawyering skills in as realistic of an environment as possible
On the morning of Day 1 of your exam, you will be given 2 MPT tasks that you will complete over a 3-hour session. You’ll have 90-minutes to complete each task.
The Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)
The MEE tests your ability to identify legal issues, separate relevant and irrelevant facts, present a reasoned analysis and demonstrate an understanding of fundamental legal principles through essay questions.
On the afternoon of Day 1, you will complete 6 essay questions. You’ll be given 30-minutes to complete each essay question.
Testable subjects include all MBE subjects plus Business Associations, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. You may be presented more than one subject within the same essay question.
The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
The MBE is a multiple-choice exam testing your knowledge of Constitutional Law, Contracts/Sales, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Federal Civil Procedure, Real Property and Torts.
On Day 2 of your bar exam, you will be given 200 multiple-choice MBE questions that you will answer over a 6-hour session. You’ll have 3 hours to complete 100 questions in the morning, and 3 hours to complete 100 questions in the afternoon.
You can also find more information about the UBE, the MPT, MEE and MBE on the NCBE website.
UBE Scores and Portability
Each jurisdiction that administers the Uniform Bar Exam sets its own minimum passing score. Your score is portable to another UBE state as long as you sit for the entire exam at one time in the same location. You may transfer the score to a state with a lower required passing score, even if you do not pass the bar exam in the state in which you sat.
For example, a student who takes the UBE in Colorado, scores 272 and fails to achieve the required passing score of 276 may transfer that score to Utah, a neighboring UBE jurisdiction with a passing score of 270.
The UBE score transferability has a time limit or expiration for many states varying typically between three and five years. To learn more, check out the NCBE Bar Admission Guide .
Foreign law graduates, lawyers and U.S. LL.M. student eligibility
For many U.S. states, you must have graduated with a J.D. degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school in the United States to sit for their exam; however, some states like New York and California operate a relatively open policy in permitting foreign law graduates or lawyers to sit their bar examination and do not impose restrictions to admission on grounds of nationality or residence.
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Which state bar exam should I take?
How should you choose a state bar exam, particularly if you’re currently still on the job hunt? Here are some considerations to help with your decision:
Location — When considering state bar exams, research and target where you would most like to live and work. Do you have the support you may need or want (nearby) to help in pursuing your goals? Do you potentially want to go back to your hometown?
Legal industry — What does the legal job market look like in the states you are considering? Is the legal specialization of your choice available in that region of the country?
Professional network — What professional contacts have you made? Does your law school have an alumni network that would allow you to pursue your goals? Do you have access to mentors in that state?
Bar exam scoring & reciprocity — Each jurisdiction independently determines their exam passing score and reciprocity or portability. Knowing the bar exam score required and where else you may be able to “waive in” with that score may help open many options by passing one exam.
Bar admission requirements — Examine the state bar exam subjects tested, the exam’s format, CLE requirements and fees associated with maintaining good standing.
Eligibility — Are you eligible to sit for that state’s exam? Each jurisdiction independently decides who may sit for their bar exam and who may be ultimately admitted, so make sure you are eligible to do so.
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Uniform Bar Exam (MEE) topics & suggested law school courses.
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- Agency & Partnership
- Corporations
- Limited Liability Corporations
- Civil Procedure
- Conflicts of Law
- Constitutional Law
- Includes Article 2 (Sales) of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- Criminal Law
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In August 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio announced the adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination. The UBE includes the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), Multistate Essay Exam (MEE), and Multistate Performance Test (MPT).
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Upon recommendation of the Advisory Committee on the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), the New York Court of Appeals adopted the UBE effective with the July 2016 administration of the New York State bar examination. The Advisory Committee also recommended, and the Court of Appeals adopted, a requirement that applicants for admission in New York be required to complete an online course on New York law and take and pass an online examination on New York law, as a requirement for admission. The report of the Advisory Committee is available on its website at https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2019-02/UBE.pdf .
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- What is the Uniform Bar Examination? The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) is a high quality, uniform battery of tests that is administered contemporaneously in every other jurisdiction that has adopted the UBE. It consists of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), and the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE). The UBE tests knowledge of general principles of law, legal analysis and reasoning, and communication skills – essentially, it tests the fundamental knowledge and lawyering skills that are needed to begin the practice of law. The UBE is uniformly administered, graded and scored, and it results in a score that can then be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions. More information regarding the UBE, including the list of jurisdictions that have adopted the UBE, is available at the website of the National Conference of Bar Examiners at: http://www.ncbex.org/exams/ube/
- When will the UBE be administered in New York? The UBE began being administered in New York beginning in July 2016.
- How do I register to take the UBE in New York? Applicants are required to create an account on the Board's website in order to register for the UBE. In order to create an account, an applicant is required to provide the applicant's name, date of birth, email address and NCBE number. For information on obtaining an NCBE number, visit the website of NCBE at https://accounts.ncbex.org/php/ncbe_number/goDashboard . After creating the account, the applicant will receive an email with a Board of Law Examiners identification number (BOLE ID) and a temporary password, which the applicant will be prompted to change. The applicant is then required to complete an Account Profile Page, which will require additional information including information regarding the applicant's legal education. After completing the Account Profile Page, the applicant may proceed to complete the online electronic application to sit for the bar examination (UBE) in New York, provided that it is during the application filing period. The application filing period for the February administration of the UBE is November 1 - 30. The application filing period for the July administration of the UBE is April 1 - 30. At the time of application for the UBE, the applicant is required to certify that they will satisfy the eligibility requirements to sit for the UBE under Section 520.3, 520.4, 520.5, 520.6 or 520.17 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors at Law. If an applicant has already taken and passed the New York bar examination or is currently admitted to practice law in New York see question 33.
- What is the schedule for the UBE in New York? The UBE is administered on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. During the morning session on Tuesday, applicants are given three hours to complete two Multistate Performance Test (MPT) items. Applicants may work on the MPTs in any order and they are free to decide how to allocate their time between the two MPT items although NCBE develops each MPT as a 90 minute test item. During the afternoon session on Tuesday, applicants are given three hours to answer six Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) questions. Again, applicants are free to answer the questions in any order and they may decide how to allocate their time among the MEE questions. On Wednesday, applicants will take the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), which is a six-hour, 200 question multiple-choice exam divided into two three-hour sessions. The schedule for the UBE in New York is as follows: Tuesday: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Wednesday: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- An applicant takes the UBE in New York and achieves a score of 280. The applicant will qualify for admission in New York, provided the applicant satisfies the other admission requirements.
- An applicant takes the UBE in a UBE jurisdiction where the passing score is 270 and achieves a score of 268. Although the applicant will not qualify for admission in the jurisdiction in which the applicant took the UBE, the applicant will qualify for admission in New York, provided the applicant satisfies the other admission requirements.
- An applicant takes the UBE in New York and achieves a score of 262. The applicant will not qualify for admission in New York, but will qualify for admission in a UBE jurisdiction where the passing score is 262 or below.
- An applicant takes the UBE in a UBE jurisdiction where the passing score is 260 and achieves a score of 262. The applicant will not qualify for admission in New York but will qualify for admission in the UBE jurisdiction in which the applicant took the UBE and in any other UBE jurisdiction with a passing score of 262 or below
- Are there requirements for admission in New York, in addition to taking and passing the UBE? Yes. An applicant for admission in New York must also take and complete an online course in New York-specific law, known as the New York Law Course (NYLC), and must take and pass an online examination, known as the New York Law Exam (NYLE). Applicants must comply with the 50 hour pro bono service requirement. For information regarding this requirement see: http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/probono/baradmissionreqs.shtml Applicants must also take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). For information regarding this test, see: https://www.ncbex.org/exams/mpre/ Additionally, applicants who commence their law school studies after August 1, 2016 must comply with the new Skills Competency Requirement set forth in Section 520.18 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals. For information regarding this requirement, see: https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/news/nottobar/nottobar121615.pdf Finally, applicants must satisfy the character and fitness requirements as set forth in Court of Appeals Rule 520.12 and the rules of the various Appellate Division departments. For information regarding the admissions process, see: http://www.nybarexam.org/Admission/Admission.htm
- What is the New York Law Course (NYLC)? The NYLC is an online, on demand course on important and unique principles of New York law in the subjects of Administrative Law, Business Relationships, Civil Practice and Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Matrimonial and Family Law, Professional Responsibility, Real Property, Torts and Tort Damages, and Trusts, Wills and Estates. The NYLC consists of approximately 17 hours of recorded lectures with embedded questions which must be answered correctly before an applicant may continue viewing the lecture. An applicant must complete all of the videos before the applicant may register for the New York Law Exam (NYLE). You must view each lecture in its entirety and at its normal speed. Your time viewing each video segment will be audited by the Board. Advancing or speeding up the video by any means is strictly prohibited. Failure to view each lecture in its entirety and at its normal speed may result in the institution of misconduct charges under Board Rule 6000.13. Penalties may include requiring you to repeat the NYLC in its entirety, nullification of your registration for the NYLE, nullification of your NYLE score, a period of suspension from repeating the NYLC and/or NYLE, and disclosure of your misconduct to the Appellate Division in New York having jurisdiction over your application for admission and to other jurisdictions. If a user experiences technical problems while watching the videos it is incumbent on the user to contact the Board immediately to report any issues. The videos and embedded questions are copyrighted. It is a violation of Board Rule 6000.13 to copy or give to other applicants or third parties any of the embedded questions or answers or to make use of any such materials that may have been shared with you by others. Violation of Board Rule 6000.13 may result in penalties as described above, as well as such penalties for copyright infringement as may be appropriate.
- When will the NYLC be available? The NYLC was launched on April 5, 2016 and is currently available on the Board's website.
- How do I register for the NYLC? The applicant is required to create a BOLE Account on the Board's website in order to register for and access the NYLC. If an applicant already has a BOLE account the applicant should not create a new account. In order to create a new BOLE account, an applicant must provide his/her name, date of birth, email address and NCBE number. For information on obtaining an NCBE number, visit the website of the National Conference of Bar Examiners at: https://accounts.ncbex.org/php/ncbe_number/goDashboard
- How do I complete the NYLC registration? After creating an account, the applicant will receive an email with a Board of Law Examiners identification number (BOLE ID) and a temporary password, which the applicant will be prompted to change. The applicant will then be required to complete an Account Profile Page, which will require additional information, including information regarding the applicant’s legal education. The applicant will be required to certify that the applicant is a bona fide applicant for admission to practice law in New York, and anticipates being eligible and plans to sit for the UBE within one year. After completing and certifying the Account Profile Page, the applicant may proceed to take the NYLC, by clicking on “New York Law Course” in his/her BOLE account in the Applicant Services Portal.
- Is there a fee to take the NYLC? There is no fee to take the NYLC
- An applicant completes the NYLC on July 25, 2018, takes and passes the September 2018 NYLE, and takes and passes the UBE on July 30 and 31, 2019. The applicant will be required to repeat both the NYLC and NYLE because the applicant completed the NYLC more than one year before taking the UBE.
- An applicant completes the NYLC in August 2018, takes and passes the September 2018 NYLE, but does not take the July 2019 UBE. The applicant will be required to repeat both the NYLC and NYLE because the applicant completed the NYLC more than one year before taking the UBE.
- An applicant completes the NYLC in August 2017, takes and passes the September 2017 NYLE, does not take the UBE in New York in July 2018 but takes and passes the UBE in New York in February 2019. The applicant will be required to repeat both the NYLC and NYLE unless the applicant took the UBE in another UBE jurisdiction in July 2018, in which case the applicant must provide proof to the Board of having sat for the UBE in the other jurisdiction.
- Will I be able to access and watch the videos again after I complete the NYLC? Yes. After an applicant watches all of the videos and completes the NYLC, an applicant will have unlimited access to re-watch the NYLC videos, without the embedded questions, through their BOLE account.
- What is the New York Law Exam (NYLE)? The NYLE is a 50 item, two hour, open book, multiple choice test administered online. It tests important New York rules on the topics of Administrative Law, Business Relationships, Civil Practice and Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Matrimonial and Family Law, Professional Responsibility, Real Property, Torts and Tort Damages, and Trusts, Wills and Estates.
- When will the NYLE be offered? The NYLE is offered three times per year. Please note that the failure to take and pass the NYLE before the results of any given UBE are released may result in a delay in admission. Third-year law students taking a July UBE are particularly encouraged to take and pass the NYLE before the UBE results are released in late October. The dates and registration deadlines for the NYLE are available at: https://www.nybarexam.org/ExamDates/ExamDates.html
- How and when do I register for the NYLE? You may not register for the NYLE until you have completed the NYLC. After an applicant has successfully completed the NYLC, the applicant may register for the next available administration of the NYLE through the applicant's online account at the Board's website. The deadline to register for the NYLE is 30 days prior to the date of the NYLE. For example, the deadline to register for the March 21, 2019 administration of the NYLE is February 19, 2019. The registration period for the next administration of the NYLE will open immediately following the close of the registration period for the preceding administration. The dates and registration deadlines for the NYLE are available at: https://www.nybarexam.org/ExamDates/ExamDates.html
- How do I complete the NYLE registration? The Board of Law Examiners has contracted with Examsoft Worldwide to administer the NYLE. After an applicant has registered with the Board for the NYLE, the Board will furnish the applicant's contact information to Examsoft. About three to four weeks prior to the administration of the NYLE, the applicant will be contacted by email by Examsoft with the instructions for purchasing, downloading and registering the exam software that is required for the NYLE. After purchasing and downloading the software the applicant will be required to perform and submit a mock exam to confirm that the software works on the applicant's computer. A few days before the date of the NYLE the applicant will be required to login to their account with Examsoft and download the exam file to their computer that will be used on exam day. Applicants must strictly adhere to all deadlines and instructions provided by Examsoft in order to complete their registration for the NYLE. Deadlines cannot be extended.
- Is there a fee for the NYLE? There is a $29 fee for the NYLE which is payable to Examsoft.
- How do I access the NYLE? In the days preceding the date of the NYLE, the applicant will be notified by an email from Examsoft to download the exam file required to take the NYLE. A password will be required to access the exam file on the date of the NYLE. The password will be made available to applicants ten minutes before the scheduled start of the NYLE. Applicants will be required to be connected to the internet to enter the password into the software. After inserting the password while connected online, the applicant will then open the exam file, type "begin" at 12:00 noon and commence the exam.
- What happens during the exam? The NYLE is an open book test, and applicants have two hours to complete it, unless an applicant has been granted extended time by reason of a disability. Applicants are permitted to have access to the Course Materials and their notes during the exam. No backward navigation will be allowed, so once an applicant has navigated to the next question, the applicant may not return to the prior question. Electronically searching the Course Materials while taking the NYLE by using a searchable version of the Course Materials is a violation of Board Rule 6000.13 and may result in penalties including nullification of your registration for the NYLE, nullification of your NYLE score, a period of suspension from repeating the NYLE, and disclosure of your misconduct to the Appellate Division in New York having jurisdiction over your application for admission and to other jurisdictions. At the conclusion of two hours, the exam file will close and the applicant will be prompted to upload the exam file to Examsoft. All exam files must be uploaded to Examsoft by 2:30 pm ET on the date of the exam, unless an applicant has been granted extended time by reason of a disability, in which case the applicant should refer to their Test Accommodations Determination Letter. Every applicant is required to certify that he or she completed the NYLE without assistance from anyone else and that he or she did not provide assistance to any other applicant.
- What is the passing score on the NYLE? The passing score on the NYLE is 60% (an applicant must answer 30 out of the 50 items correctly). An applicant who fails the NYLE will be required to retake both the NYLC and the NYLE. Results are generally available within two weeks from the date of the NYLE, and applicants will be notified by email when results have been posted to their BOLE Account in the Applicant Services Portal.
- What content will be covered by the NYLC and the NYLE? The NYLC and NYLE focus on important principles of New York law that are either different from the general principles and prevailing views of the law tested on the MBE and the MEE or are unique to New York and important for the new practitioner to know. The subjects covered are Administrative Law, Business Relationships, Civil Practice and Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Matrimonial and Family Law, Professional Responsibility, Real Property, Torts and Tort Damages, and Trusts, Wills and Estates.
- Are there materials available to prepare for the NYLC and NYLE? Yes. Course Materials are currently available on the Board’s website. The Course Materials cover the 12 topics on New York law that are covered in the NYLC and tested on the NYLE. All of the material tested on the NYLE will be found in the Course Materials for the NYLC and NYLE or in the videos. Electronically searching the Course Materials while taking the NYLE by using a searchable version of the Course Materials is a violation of Board Rule 6000.13 and may result in penalties including nullification of your registration for the NYLE, nullification of your NYLE score, a period of suspension from repeating the NYLE, and disclosure of your misconduct to the Appellate Division in New York having jurisdiction over your application for admission and to other jurisdictions.
- An applicant takes the NYLC and takes and passes the NYLE and the UBE in 2017. The applicant must apply for admission by 2020.
- An applicant takes and passes the UBE in 2017, and takes the NYLC and passes the NYLE in 2018. The applicant must apply for admission by 2020.
- An applicant takes the NYLC and takes and passes the NYLE in 2016 and takes and passes the UBE in 2017. Although the passing score on the UBE is valid until 2020 the NYLE is only valid for three years from the date the applicant received the passing score. Since the applicant's NYLE score will become stale in 2019, the applicant must apply for admission by 2019 otherwise the applicant will need to retake the NYLC and NYLE.
- An applicant takes the NYLC and takes and fails the NYLE in 2016. The applicant takes and passes the UBE in 2017. The applicant must retake the NYLC and retake and pass the NYLE by 2020, and must also apply for admission by 2020.
- An applicant takes the NYLC and takes and passes the NYLE in 2016. The applicant takes and fails the UBE in 2017, but re-takes and passes the UBE in 2018. The applicant must apply for admission by 2019 or else the applicant will need to retake the NYLC and NYLE which become stale in 2019.
- An applicant takes and passes the UBE in 2017, but does not take and pass the NYLE until 2019. The applicant must apply for admission by 2020, or else the UBE score will be stale.
- An applicant takes and passes the NYLE in May 2016 but does not pass the UBE until July 2019. The applicant's NYLE score will become stale in May 2019, requiring the applicant to retake the NYLC and NYLE, even though the passing score on the UBE would otherwise by valid until 2022.
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Which subjects are tested on the Uniform Bar Exam? ; Contracts and Sales (25 multiple-choice questions); Constitutional Law (25 multiple-choice questions)
What Are The Uniform Bar Exam Topics? ; Contracts and Sales; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law and Procedure ; Business Associations (Agency and Partnership;
The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) is coordinated by NCBE and is composed of the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), two Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
Competence, legal malpractice, and civil liability (6% to 12%); Litigation and other forms of advocacy (10% to 16%); Communications and transactions with
What are the UBE essay subjects? · Business Associations – Agency and Partnership, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies · Conflict of Laws · Constitutional
UBE Subjects · business associations · civil procedure · conflict of laws · constitutional law · contracts · criminal law and procedure · evidence · family law
Testable subjects include all MBE subjects plus Business Associations, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) Subjects. Also tested on the MEE. Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Criminal Law; Evidence; Real Property; Torts
Contracts; Torts; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Real Property; Federal Civil Procedure; Evidence. The Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) tests the
The UBE tests knowledge of general principles of law, legal analysis and reasoning, and communication skills – essentially, it tests the fundamental knowledge
Multistate Bar Examination. Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Criminal Law and Procedure; Evidence; Real Property; Torts