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BAR EXAM

Taking The Bar Exam.

For you to practice law, all new law school graduates will need to apply for the bar admission through the state board of bar examiners. State by state has established its own criteria for eligibility to qualify for admission, in order to take the exam. Character & Competence are the two general areas for Licensing. Character and fitness involves the review of an applicants background information that is relevant to the appropriateness of granting a professional license. Competence is usually established by meeting the correct educational requirements and by passing the bar exam.

The exam for the bar is offered in February and July. The bar exam's application fees, deadlines, format, etc., vary from each jurisdiction . Generally the exam consists of one day each of Multistate Bar Examination and state essay questions Alot of states also include the Multistate Performance Test and the Multistate Essay Examination. Law students need to contact the board of bar examiners in their jurisdiction to obtain exact information about the exam fees, format, deadlines and applications.

Multi state Bar Exam:

All jurisdictions (except Washington, Louisiana, and Puerto Rico) use the Multistate Bar Exam as a part of their bar exam. The exam consists of 200 multiple choice questions given over a six hour period on the following subjects:

Criminal Law/Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Torts, Real Property, Contracts/Sales.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners drafts the Multi state Bar Exam, they also draft and give the MPRE. Each jurisdiction creates its own score for passing and the importance allocated to the Multistate Bar Exam score varies from each state. Students should check with the board of bar examiners for their state, and is given twice a year (February and July) in conjunction with the state bar exam in your area. Students are encouraged to prepare for the test by taking a bar review course. It is an very difficult exam that will need a great deal of preparation and practice.

Multistate Performance Test

The Multistate Performance Test is used by 23 states as a section of their bar exam. This practical exam is made to show realistic situations seen by beginning attorneys and to improve the fundamental skills you need to complete multiple lawyering tasks. The Multistate Performance Test which states can use both or just one, consists of not one but two 90-minute questions. To be very similar to an actual case file, a library and case file is given for each Multistate Performance Test question . The case file contains a memo from a lead attorney giving a written task to be completed. The library portion will contain rules, and regulations, cases, statutes, that could or could not be relevant in analyzing the problem. The exam is written by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and each area establishes its own passing grade and the importance allocated to the Multistate Performance Test score. Students need to check with the board of bar examiners in their state.