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)
Click the links above for FREE study guides covering each section of the bar exam.
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
