The Smart Guide to the New Mexico Bar Exam
A Guide to Mastering the New Mexico Bar Exam
New Mexico Bar Exam Format

New Mexico 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
New Mexico Bar Exam Dates
July 2023 exam: July 25-26, 2023
Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
*The New Mexico Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.
How to Prepare for
the New Mexico Bar Exam
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Contact Info
New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners
2440 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Ste. 280
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Website: https://nmexam.org/
Phone: (505) 271-9706
Fax: (505) 271-9768
Frequency Charts
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Subjects Tested on New Mexico 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 New Mexico, the UBE minimum passing score is 260.
Jurisdiction-Specific Component
One-day, in-person course on New Mexico law is required prior to admission.
This jurisdiction-specific component is given separately from the bar exam.