The Smart Guide to the Texas Bar Exam
A Guide to Mastering the Texas Bar Exam
Texas Bar Exam Format
Texas 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
Texas Bar Exam Dates
July 2023 exam: July 25-26, 2023
Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
*The Texas Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.
How to Prepare for
the Texas Bar Exam
(FREE Study Guides)
Click the links above for FREE study guides covering each section of the bar exam.
Contact Info
Texas Board of Law Examiners
205 W. 14th St., #500
P.O. Box 13486
Austin, TX 78711-3486
Website: https://ble.texas.gov/home
Phone: (512) 463-1621
Fax: (512) 463-5300
Frequency Charts
(FREE Charts & Statistics)
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Subjects Tested on Texas 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 Texas , the UBE minimum passing score is 270.
Jurisdiction-Specific Component
Completion of an online, on-demand course on Texas law is required prior to admission for application seeking admission with a UBE score. The course is accessible, at no charge, on the State Bar of Texas CLE website.
This jurisdiction-specific component is given separately from the bar exam.
