The Smart Guide to the North Carolina Bar Exam
A Guide to Mastering the North Carolina Bar Exam
North Carolina Bar Exam Format
North Carolina 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
North Carolina Bar Exam Dates
July 2023 exam: July 25-26, 2023
Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
*The North Carolina Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.
How to Prepare for
the North Carolina Bar Exam
(FREE Study Guides)
Click the links above for FREE study guides covering each section of the bar exam.
Contact Info
Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina
5510 Six Forks Rd., Ste. 300
Raleigh, NC 27609
Website: https://www.ncble.org/home
Phone: (919) 848-4229
Fax: (919) 848-4277
Frequency Charts
(FREE Charts & Statistics)
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Subjects Tested on North Carolina 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 North Carolina, the UBE minimum passing score is 270.
Jurisdiction-Specific Component
North Carolina eliminated its jurisdiction-specific component (North Carolina State-Specific Component), effective November 2, 2022, per amendments to Rules .0501 and .0504 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in North Carolina. The amended rules apply to general applications, supplemental applications, and UBE Transfer applications.
