Washington State Bar Exam Info

Washington State Bar Exam Information

Washington State Bar ExamWashington State bar exam information including format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Washington State Bar Exam.

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Washington State Bar Exam Format

Overview

The Washington State 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 Washington 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 Washington 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. Washington State Bar Review Course – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Washington State bar exam for over 15 years.
  2. 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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Washington State Bar Admissions

Washington State Bar Association
1325 4th Avenue, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98101-2539

Washington State MPRE Score Requirement

Washington State requires bar exam applicants to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (“MPRE”). You must score 85 or higher on the MPRE in order to pass in Washington State.

Scoring/Grading and Results

In order to pass the Washington bar exam, you must score at least 270. This equates to 135, based on the MBE’s 200-point scale. The scores of the exam sections are weighted as follows: MEE 30%, MPT 20%, and MBE 50%. As soon as possible, the board of governors notifies takers of the Washington bar exam of their results.

Reciprocity

If you are admitted to practice law in a United States jurisdiction, then you do not have to take the Washington bar exam if you qualify for admission by motion in Washington. You can apply for admission by motion based in part upon your UBE score of least 270 transferred from another jurisdiction within 40 months from when you took that UBE

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Washington State Bar Exam Subjects

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Washington State Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates

Exam DateFirstRepeatTotal
July 202378%33%70%
February 202356%37%47%
July 202279%27%72%
February 202268%35%51%
July 202181%12%74%
February 202174%35%63%
September 202058%17%38%
July 202093%57%86%
February 202055%39%48%
July 201976%33%68%
February 201961%42%51%
July 201875%33%69%
February 201864%34%49%
July 201776%50%72%
February 201767%48%58%
July 201676%39%70%
February 201671%39%59%
July 201581%40%76%
February 201575%54%66%

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