What is tested on the UBE?

Answer 1

The Uniform Bar Exam is administered 2 times a year, once in Feb and once in July.

The Exam is split into two sections Essay Portion (MEE/MPT) and Multiple Choice (MBE)

Each section is out of 200 points. The Exam is scored out of 400.

Each jurisdiction has its own cut off score for a "passing grade".

Most jurisdictions are 260, 266(NY), or 270. As long as your score in both sections add up to more than the passing grade in a particular jurisdiction, you pass! There is no cut off score requirement for each section of the exam.

For example: If I did horrible on the MEE portion (100/200) but I get a 160/200 on MBE, the total 260 is sufficient passing grade for a 260 Jurisdiction.

CALIFORNIA is not part of the UBE, they administer their own California essays and PT for essay part, but California uses the 200 MBE questions for the multiple choice part.

What is tested

MBE Topics include the CORE 7 that is taught in the first year of US Law schools: Torts, Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Property, Constitutional Law.

MEE possible essay topics include: ALL CORE 7, Wills, Agency, Partnership, Family Law, Corporations, Secured Transactions, Trusts, Conflict of Laws.

MEE essay can include a combination of two topics or just a single topic.

*Note Conflict of Laws is never tested as standalone topic on MEE.

Format of Exam

Day 1

MORNING (2 MPT, 1.5 Hour each)

You start with first MPT (1.5 Hours)

Break

Second MPT (1.5 Hours)

-Lunch break- 1.5 Hours-

AFTERNOON (6 MEE Essays, around 30 Min each)

3 MEE Essays 1.5 Hours

Break

3 more MEE Essays 1.5 Hours

Day 1 Total: 2 MPT Essays 6 MEE Essays

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Day 2

MORNING (100 MBE mutiple choice questions)

First set of 50 MBE (1.5 Hours)

Second set of 50 MBE (1.5 Hours)

-Lunch break- 1.5 Hours-

AFTERNOON (100 MBE)

Third Set of 50 MBE (1.5 Hours)

Last Set of 50 MBE (1.5 Hours)

Day 2 Total: 200 MBE questions

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Hope this helps, more information can be found on NCBE official website.