The Smart Guide to the Massachusetts Bar Exam
A Guide to Mastering the Massachusetts Bar Exam
Massachusetts Bar Exam Format
Massachusetts is a Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) jurisdiction. All UBE jurisdictions use the same 3 sections:
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)
Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
2 writing assignments
Massachusetts Bar Exam Dates
July 2023 exam: July 25-26, 2023
Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
*The Massachusetts Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.
How to Prepare for
the Massachusetts Bar Exam
(FREE Study Guides)
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Contact Info
Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners
John Adams Courthouse
One Pemberton Square, Suite 5-140
Boston, MA 02108
Website: Click here
Phone: (617) 482-4466
Fax: (617) 542-5943
Email: bbeinfo@jud.state.ma.us
Frequency Charts
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Subjects Tested on Massachusetts Bar Exam
MEE Essay Subjects
- Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, LLC’s)
- Civil Procedure
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law & Procedure
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Real Property
- Secured Transactions
- Torts
- Trusts & Future Interests
- Wills & Estates
MBE Subjects
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law & Procedure
- Evidence
- Real property
- Torts
Minimum Passing Score
For Massachusetts, the UBE minimum passing score is 270.
Jurisdiction-Specific Component
All petitioners for admission must successfully complete an online multiple-choice test, based on substantive materials provided online, on key distinctions and essential highlights of Massachusetts law and procedure.
This jurisdiction-specific component is given separately from the bar exam.
