Texas Bar Exam (UBE) Details
Bar exam details
A typical Texas Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE).
Day 1
- Two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test questions (MPT in the AM)
- Six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam questions (MEE in the PM)
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 questions using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.
- A scaled score of 85 is required for admission to the bar.
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 270 or higher is required to pass the Texas Bar Exam.
Reciprocity
- Texas does not accept an MBE score from an exam taken in another jurisdiction.
- A member in good standing of another U.S. state or territory may be admitted on motion in Texas 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 270 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding five years may apply for admission based on that score. Additional requirements apply.
Additional information
- Applicants may take the Texas Bar Exam prior to graduation from an ABA-accredited law school, provided the applicant is within four semester hours of completing all requirements for graduation.
- An applicant to the Texas Bar Exam must successfully complete the Texas Law Component (TLC) prior to admission. The TLC is an online course provided by the Texas Board of Law Examiners consisting of a series of video lectures, each followed by a series of "hurdle questions" testing comprehension of the previous lecture.
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