Arkansas Bar Examination (UBE)

Bar Exam Information

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

BAR EXAM DATES AND FORMAT

2024: February 27-28, July 30-31

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

Day 1: Two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions in the AM, and six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) questions 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).

Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners

Arkansas Bar Admissions
2100 Riverfront Dr., Suite 110
Little Rock, AR 72202

Phone: (501) 374-1855

Website: https://www.arcourts.gov/administration/professional-programs/bar-exam

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 85 is required for admission to the bar. Applicants may take the MPRE up to three years prior to the bar exam but must take it within one year after passing the bar exam.

Scoring

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 score of 270 is required to pass.

Reciprocity

Admission on Motion

An applicant may be admitted on motion if applicant has been primarily engaged in the active practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding the date of application, is a member in good standing of another U.S. state or territory and is a graduate of an ABA accredited law school.

For complete details contact the Arkansas Board of Law Examiners.

Admission by UBE Score Transfer

Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 270 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding three years may apply for admission based on that score. Additional requirements apply.

Acceptance of MBE Score

Arkansas does not accept an MBE score from an exam taken in another jurisdiction.

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