Indiana Bar Examination (UBE)

Bar Exam Information

NOTE: Bar exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with Indiana bar examiner’s office.

BAR EXAM DATES AND FORMAT

2024: February 27-28, July 30-31

The Indiana Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE).

Day 1:

Two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test questions (MPT in the AM).
Six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam questions (MEE in the PM).

Day 2:

Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200-question, multiple-choice exam (100 questions in the AM, 100 questions in the PM).

Indiana Board of Law Examiners

30 South Meridian Street
Suite 875
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: (317) 232-2552

Fax: (317) 233-3960

Email: ble@courts.in.gov

Web: https://www.in.gov/courts/ace/admissions/

Subjects Tested

Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)

Constitutional Law
Contracts/Sales
Criminal Law/Procedure
Evidence
Federal Civil Procedure
Real Property
Torts

Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)

Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies)
Conflicts of Law
Family Law
Trusts and Estates (Decedents' Estates; Trusts and Future Interests)
Secured Transactions (Article 9 of Uniform Commercial Code)
Plus, all MBE Subjects

Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

Multistate Performance Test “Closed universe” practical questions using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.

Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam

A scaled score of 80 is required for admission to the bar. The passing score must be achieved within two years before or after the date the applicant passes the bar exam.

Scoring

The MEE and MPT scores are scaled to the MBE and are weighted as follows:

MBE weighted 50%
MEE weighted 30%
MPT weighted 20%

A total scaled score of 264 is required to pass.

Additional Requirements

Applicants may take exam prior to graduation if they have fewer than five credit hours to complete, are within 100 days of graduation, have completed two hours of Professional Responsibility and have completed all requirements for admission to the bar.

Applicants for admission to the Indiana bar based on the UBE, whether administered in Indiana or in another jurisdiction, shall also be required to complete a jurisdiction-specific component, the Indiana Law Course, within six months after admission to the Indiana bar.

Reciprocity

Admission by UBE Score Transfer

Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 264 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding five years may apply for admission based on that score. Additional requirements apply.

Admission on Motion

A member in good standing of another U.S. state or territory may be admitted on motion in Indiana if the applicant has engaged in the active practice of law for five of the seven years preceding application. Additional requirements apply.

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