The Smart Guide to the Pennsylvania Bar Exam
A Guide to Mastering the Pennsylvania Bar Exam
Pennsylvania Bar Exam Format

Pennsylvania 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
Pennsylvania Bar Exam Dates
July 2023 exam: July 25-26, 2023
Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
*The Pennsylvania Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.
How to Prepare for
the Pennsylvania Bar Exam
(FREE Study Guides)
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Contact Info
Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners
601 Commonwealth Ave., Ste. 3600
P.O. Box 62535
Harrisburg, PA 17106-2535
Website: https://www.pabarexam.org/
Phone: (717) 231-3350
Fax: (717) 231-3351
Frequency Charts
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Subjects Tested on Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania , the UBE minimum passing score is 272.
Jurisdiction-Specific Component
NO