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Hawaii Bar Exam Information
Hawaii bar exam format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Hawaii Bar Exam.
AmeriBar’s Hawaii Bar Review Course has helped students pass the bar exam for over 20 years.
Hawaii Bar Exam Information
Hawaii bar exam format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Hawaii Bar Exam.
AmeriBar’s Hawaii Bar Review Course has helped students pass the bar exam for over 20 years.
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Hawaii Bar Exam Format
Overview
The Hawaii Bar Exam is administered over two days.
Day 1
The state portion of the exam is administered on the first day of the Hawaii bar exam. The state portion of the bar exam consists of the Multistate Essay Exam (“MEE”), the Hawaii Legal Ethics Test, and the Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”). You will have 4 hours to answer the 6 MEE questions and 15 Hawaii Legal Ethics Test multiple choice questions. You will have three hours to answer two MPT questions.
Day 2
The Multistate Bar Exam (“MBE”) is administered on the second day of the Hawaii 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
- Hawaii Bar Review Course – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Hawaii bar exam for over 15 years.
- HawaiiBarExam.com – Detailed Information and resources for Hawaii bar exam takers.
- MBEQuestionBank.com – Online question bank with over 2500 simulated MBE questions.
Exam Dates
- July 28-29, 2020 (Rescheduled for September 9-10)
- February 23-24, 2021
- July 27-28, 2021
- February 25-26, 2022
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Hawaii Bar Admissions
Board of Examiners of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
Ali’iolani Hale, Room 103
417 S. King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813-2912
Ali’iolani Hale, Room 103
417 S. King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813-2912
Hawaii MPRE Score Requirement
Hawaii 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 Hawaii.
Scoring/Grading and Results
In order to pass the Hawaii bar exam, you must score at least 134 on the MBE’s 200-point scale. The scores of the exam sections are weighted as follows: state portion 50% and MBE 50%. Hawaii makes bar exam results available approximately 10 to 12 weeks after the exam.
Reciprocity
Basically, although admission on motion is not generally available, Hawaii allows it on specific and limited grounds for:
- full-time faculty members of the University of Hawaii Law School;
- full time, active duty, uniformed service, judge advocates for uncompensated representation of certain military-related clients; and
- lawyers employed by a non-profit legal services provider eligible for indigent legal assistance funds.
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Heidi
Thomas Cooley Law School
Heidi was unsuccessful twice with Barbri before enrolling in AmeriBar bar exam tutoring.
Heidi describes how AmeriBar was instrumental in raising her score from 121 to 144.
AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Hawaii bar exam for over 17 years.
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Hawaii Bar Exam Subjects
Hawaii Essay Subjects
- Business Associations
- Conflict of Laws
- Family Law
- Trusts, Wills, and Estates
- UCC Article 2 – Secured Transactions
- All MBE Subjects
- Hawaii Ethics (quiz)
MBE Subjects
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts and Sales
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Evidence
- Property
- Torts
Jennifer
Regent Law School
Jennifer was unsuccessful twice with Barbri before enrolling in an AmeriBar course.
“I felt so prepared and so well-versed in every area of the law for the exam. I never felt that way with Barbri the first couple of times I took it. I can’t say enough about how well-prepared I felt and how relieved I was after failing twice to come back and just nail it after six years of absence from the law.”
Hawaii Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates
| Exam Date | First | Repeat | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | 80% | 28% | 71% |
| February 2018 | 80% | 29% | 63% |
| July 2017 | 78% | 43% | 72% |
| February 2017 | 70% | 38% | 59% |
| July 2016 | 76% | 38% | 69% |
| February 2016 | 84% | 46% | 73% |
| July 2015 | 75% | 33% | 69% |
| February 2015 | 79% | 42% | 62% |
| July 2014 | 75% | 29% | 69% |
| February 2014 | 72% | 44% | 64% |
AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Hawaii bar exam for over 17 years.