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)