Colorado Bar Examination (UBE)

Bar Exam Information

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

BAR EXAM DATES AND FORMAT

2024: February 27-28, July 30-31

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

Day 1:

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

Colorado Bar Admissions

Colorado Supreme Court
Office of Attorney Admissions
Ralph L. Carr Justice Center
1300 Broadway, Suite 520
Denver, CO 80203

Phone: (303) 893-8096

Web: http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/Future%20Lawyers/BarExamination.asp

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 on the MPRE is required for admission to the bar. The MPRE may be taken before or after the bar exam application filing but must be taken no more than two years prior to filing and admission to the bar is contingent on passing the MPRE.

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.

Additional Requirements

PROFESSIONALISM COURSE
Colorado requires exam applicants to take a six-hour “Practicing with Professionalism” course prior to admission to the bar. On-motion and UBE transfer applicants have six months following admission to take the course.

Reciprocity

Admission on Motion

A member in good standing of a reciprocating state may be admitted on motion if applicant has engaged in active practice of law for three of five years preceding application and is a graduate of an ABA accredited law school. Must complete mandatory Colorado professionalism course within six months following admission to practice law in Colorado. Additional requirements apply.

For complete details contact the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Admissions.

Admission by UBE

Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 270 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within three years but less than five years may apply for admission based on that score. All applicants must complete Colorado Professionalism Course requirements within six months following admission to practice law in Colorado. Additional requirements apply.

For complete details contact the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Admissions.

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