Alaska Bar Exam Information

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Alaska Bar Exam Format

Overview

The Alaska Bar Exam is administered over two days. The examiners have adopted the Uniform Bar Exam (“UBE”).

Day 1

The written portion of the exam is administered on the first day of the Alaska bar exam. The written portion of the bar exam consists of the Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”) and the Multistate Essay Exam (“MEE”). You will have three hours to answer two MPT questions. You will have three hours to answer the six MEE questions.

Day 2

The Multistate Bar Exam (“MBE”) is administered on the second day of the Alaska bar exam. The MBE is a multiple-choice test containing 200 questions. The MBE is split into a morning and afternoon session. Each session consists of 100 questions. You have three hours to complete each session.

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Useful Links

  1. Alaska Bar Review Course – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Alaska bar exam for over 15 years.
  2. AlaskaBarExam.com – Detailed Information and resources for Alaska bar exam takers.
  3. MBEQuestionBank.com  – Online question bank with over 2500 simulated MBE questions.

Exam Dates

  • July 30-31, 2024
  • February 25-26, 2025
  • July 29-30, 2025
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Alaska Bar Admissions

Law Examiners Committee
Alaska Bar Association
P.O. Box 100279
Anchorage, AK 99510-0279

Alaska MPRE Score Requirement

Alaska requires bar exam applicants to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (“MPRE”). You must score 80 or higher on the MPRE in order to pass in Alaska.

Scoring/Grading and Results

In order to pass the Alaska bar exam, you must score at least 280 out of 400. This equates to 140, based on the MBE’s 200-point scale. Alaska’s score requirement is one of the top five highest score requirements in the country. The scores of the exam sections are weighted as follows: MEE 30%, MPT 20%, and MBE 50%. Alaska makes bar exam results available approximately 90 days after the exam.

Reciprocity

Upon motion, the State of Alaska allows for admission to the Alaska Bar without sitting for the bar exam, upon fulfillment of several conditions that include:

  • having obtained an initial law degree from an approved law school;
  • having passed a written bar exam required by another reciprocal jurisdiction; and
  • having practiced law in one or more United States jurisdictions for five of the past seven years.

If an applicant fulfills all of the other requirements and has attained a scaled UBE score of at least 280 in another jurisdiction within 5 years before the date of their application to the Alaska Bar Association, then the applicant may be admitted to the Alaska Bar Association.

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Regent Law School

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Thomas Cooley Law School

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Alaska Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates

Exam DateFirstRepeatTotal
July 202364%25%58%
February 202377%71%75%
July 202260%17%51%
February 202264%40%56%
July 202170%8%58%
February 202181%20%67%
July 202089%0%80%
February 202059%20%47%
July 201964%31%56%
February 201959%13%38%
July 201867%0%56%
February 201875%40%62%
July 201760%50%57%
February 201764%8%48%
July 201658%8%45%
February 201686%59%77%

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