What you’ve gotten yourself into…
Step 1: The MPRE
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The MPRE is the Multistate Professional
Responsibility Exam
The test is multiple choice and tests your
knowledge of the Model Rules of
Professional Conduct
Each state considers a different score
passing—in Utah it’s an 86.
60 questions in 2 hours and 5 minutes
You can take it at BYU or at several other
testing locations
MPRE Registration
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In order to be licensed by October 2013
you must take the MPRE on one of
these dates:
 April 6, 2013
 August 17, 2013
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See the MPRE website,
http://www.ncbex.org/multistatetests/mpre/, for more info and to register
The Bar Exam: General Structure
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Much of the Bar, no matter where you take
it, is prepared by the National Conference
of Bar Examiners (NCBE)
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Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)
Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)—which incorporates
all three of the others
Lots of information and sample questions
on their
website:http://www.ncbex.org/multistatetests/ube/
The Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
Completely prepared by the NCBE—no
state prepared questions
 The UBE has been adopted by these
jurisdictions:
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 Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Utah, and Washington
 Reciprocity exists between these
jurisdictions
The Utah Bar: Day 1
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Written Component, 6 hours
 6 MEE questions: (3 morning, 3 afternoon)
○ 30 minutes each
○ Possible topics: Business Associations, Conflict of
Laws, Constitutional, Contracts and Sales,
Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Family
Law, Federal Civil Procedure, Real Property, Torts,
Trusts and Estates, UCC
 2 MPT questions: (1 morning, 1 afternoon)
○ 90 minutes each
○ MPTs test: factual analysis, legal analysis,
reasoning, organization and management of legal
tasks, etc.
The Utah Bar: Day 2
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Day 2: Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
Multiple Choice Component, 6 hours
 100% multiple choice
 Divided into 3 hour sessions of 100
questions each (190 are scored)
 Topics: Contracts, Constitutional Law,
Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence,
Real Property, Torts
Sample MBE Question
After being fired from his job, Mel drank almost a quart of
vodka and decided to ride the bus home. While on the bus,
he saw a briefcase he mistakenly thought was his own, and
began struggling with the passenger carrying the briefcase.
Mel knocked the passenger to the floor, took the briefcase,
and fled. Mel was arrested and charged with robbery.
Mel should be:
Acquitted, because he used no threats and was
intoxicated.
(b) Acquitted, because his mistake negated the required
specific intent.
(c) Convicted, because his intoxication was voluntary.
(d) Convicted, because mistake is no defense to robbery.
(a)