Pennsylvania Bar Exam
(UBE) Details
Bar exam details
A typical Pennsylvania Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE).
Day 1
- Six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam questions and two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test questions.
Day 2
- Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200-question, multiple-choice exam (100 questions in the AM, 100 questions in the PM)
Subjects tested
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts/Sales
- Criminal Law/Procedure
- Evidence
- Federal Civil Procedure
- Real Property
- Torts
- Business Associations (Agency and Partnership; Corporations; and Limited Liability Companies)
- Conflict of Laws
- Family Law
- Trusts and Estates (Decedents' Estates; Trusts and Future Interests)
- Article 9 (Secured Transactions) of the Uniform Commercial Code
- Plus all MBE subjects
- “Closed universe” practical question using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes, and other reference material supplied by examiners.
- A scaled score of 75 on the MPRE is required for admission.
Scoring
The MEE and MPT scores are scaled to the MBE.
- MBE weighted 50%
- MEE weighted 30%
- MPT weighted 20%
A total scaled score of 272 or higher is required to pass the Pennsylvania Bar Exam.
Reciprocity
- Pennsylvania does not accept an MBE score from an exam taken in another jurisdiction.
- A member in good standing of a reciprocating jurisdiction may be admitted on motion in Pennsylvania if the applicant has engaged in the active practice of law for five of the seven years preceding application. Additional requirements apply.
- Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 272 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding 30 months may apply for admission based on that score. Additional requirements apply.
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