Minnesota Bar Exam Information

Business Associations (partnerships, proprietorships, and corporations, including limited liability companies), Civil Procedure, Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Federal Individual Income Taxation, Uniform Commercial Code (Art. 1,2), Wills, Estates, Trusts, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts.

A scaled score of 85 on the MPRE is required for admission.

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The MEE and MPT scores are scaled to the MBE with the MBE weighted 50%, the MEE weighted 30% and the MPT weighted 20%. A total scaled/combined score of 260 is required to pass.

Results are released in mid-April for the February exam and in early October for the July exam.

Minnesota may admit applicants on the basis of MBE scaled scores received in the previous two years without further exam, as long as the applicant received a scaled score of 145 or higher on the MBE, and was successful on the entire exam and admitted in that jurisdicition.

In order to be eligible for admission without taking the Minnesota Bar Exam, the applicant must have engaged in the active practice of law for 5 of the 7 years preceding admission or received a scaled score of 145 or above on the MBE within 24 months of application, and be a graduate of an ABA accredited law school.

Please visit the Minnesota Board of Bar Examiners website for details on application deadlines and fees, as well as for more information on other topics.

Web: www.ble.state.mn.us/
Tel:(651) 297-1857