The Smart Guide to the Virgin Islands Bar Exam
A Guide to Mastering the Virgin Islands Bar Exam
Virgin Islands Bar Exam Format
Virgin Islands 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
Virgin Islands Bar Exam Dates
July 2023 exam: July 25-26, 2023
Feb. 2024 exam: Feb. 27-28, 2024
*The Virgin Islands Bar Exam takes place on the last Tuesday & Wednesday of February and July.
How to Prepare for
the Virgin Islands Bar Exam
(FREE Study Guides)
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Contact Info
Committee of Bar Examiners
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
P.O. Box 590
St Thomas, VI 00804
Website: https://www.vicourts.org/
Phone: (340) 774-2237
Fax: (340) 777-2258
Email: baradmissions@visupremecourt.org
Frequency Charts
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Subjects Tested on Virgin Islands 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 Virgin Islands, the UBE minimum passing score is 266.
Jurisdiction-Specific Component
Applicants must complete the Virgin Islands Law Component (VILC), which is an open-book, 50-item, 90-minute, online multiple-choice test with Virgin Islands–specific study materials available online to review prior to and during the test.
This jurisdiction-specific component is given separately from the bar exam.
