The Smart Guide to the Kansas Bar Exam

A Guide to Mastering the Kansas Bar Exam

Kansas Bar Exam Format

Kansas Bar Exam Sections - MBE 200 Multiple Choice, MPT 2 Writing Assignments, MEE 6 Essays

Kansas is a Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) jurisdiction. All UBE jurisdictions use the same 3 sections:

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Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)

200 multiple choice
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Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)

6 essays
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Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

2 writing assignments

Kansas Bar Exam Dates

July 2026 exam: July 28-29, 2026

Feb. 2027 exam: Feb. 23-24, 2027

*The Kansas Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.

How to Prepare for
the Kansas Bar Exam

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Contact Info

Kansas Board of Law Examiners
Kansas Judicial Center
301 SW 10th Avenue, 1st Fl.
Topeka, KS 66612-1507

Website:      https://www.kscourts.org/
Phone:         (785) 296-8410
Fax:              (785) 296-1028
Email:          admissions@kscourts.org

Frequency Charts

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Subjects Tested on Kansas Bar Exam

MEE Essay Subjects

  1. Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, LLC’s)
  2. Civil Procedure
  3. Constitutional Law
  4. Contracts
  5. Criminal Law & Procedure
  6. Evidence
  7. Real Property
  8. Torts

Note: Starting with the July 2026 exam, the following subjects are no longer tested on the MEE: Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Secured Transactions, Trusts & Future Interests, and Wills & Estates.

MBE Subjects

  1. Civil Procedure
  2. Constitutional Law
  3. Contracts
  4. Criminal Law & Procedure
  5. Evidence
  6. Real property
  7. Torts

Minimum Passing Score

For Kansas, the UBE minimum passing score is 266.

Jurisdiction-Specific Component

NO