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The Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)

The UBE is a two-day exam in three parts: the 200-question MBE, six 30-minute essays called the MEE, and two 90-minute performance tasks called the MPT. It's scored out of 400, and you can move the score to other UBE jurisdictions. As of October 2026, 34 states and D.C. give this legacy uniform bar exam. Its last sitting is in February 2028. The NextGen UBE takes over in the states that have adopted it; Arkansas, a UBE state, hasn't, according to NCBE.

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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

What's on the uniform bar exam?

NCBE writes all three and scores the MBE. Your jurisdiction grades the MEE and MPT, and the total is reported on a 400-point scale.

PartWhat it isTimeWeight
MBE200 multiple-choice questions, 175 scored6 hours, in two 3-hour sessions50%
MEE6 essay questions30 minutes each30%
MPT2 performance tasks90 minutes each20%
More on the MBE →

The MEE essays

The six essays can come from business associations (agency and partnership, corporations and LLCs), civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts (including UCC Article 2 on sales), criminal law and procedure, evidence, real property and torts. Each jurisdiction grades them and decides how much weight they carry outside the UBE.

Subjects on the bar exam →

The MPT performance test

Each MPT task gives you a File, with the facts of a client's case and a memo from a supervising lawyer setting the assignment, and a Library of law to use. You write the document asked for, such as a memo or a brief, in 90 minutes. Some non-UBE states use one MPT task or both; UBE states use both.

Which states use the UBE?

NCBE lists 35 jurisdictions on the legacy UBE: 34 states and D.C. Connecticut, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon and Washington switched to the NextGen UBE in July 2026. California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Dakota and Virginia write their own exams, and Nevada replaced its exam with the Nevada Plan after July 2026.

Bar exam by state →The NextGen bar exam →

UBE scores and moving them

Each UBE state sets its own passing score, from 260 to 270 out of 400. Because the exam is the same everywhere, a score earned in one UBE state can be sent to another, within its time limit.

UBE passing scores →Score transfer and reciprocity →
Sources: NCBE · NCBE Comprehensive Guide, Chart 9 and 4 more. Checked October 2026.

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