What is on the Bar Exam?

Texas now uses the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE). The UBE is a 2-day test with the following components:

Day 1

Morning (3 hours) - Multistate Essay Examination (MEE). 6 essays
Afternoon (3 hours) - Multistate Performance Test tasks (MPT), 2 tasks

Day 2

Morning (3 hours) Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) – 100 multiple-choice questions
Afternoon (3 hours) MBE – 100 multiple questions

The MBE (multiple-choice section, 50% of your score) covers the following seven subjects:

  • Contracts and Sales
  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Civil Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Real Property
  • Torts

Because all seven subjects can also appear in some capacity on the essay portion (MEE), it is critical to know these “double-tested” subjects well!

The MEE can test over the seven subjects listed above AND may test over:

  • Business Associations (Agency and Partnership; Corporations and Limited Liability Companies),
  • Conflict of Laws,
  • Family Law,
  • Trusts and Estates (Decedents’ Estates; Trusts and Future Interests), and
  • Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transactions)