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Illinois Bar Exam Information
Illinois bar exam format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Illinois Bar Exam.
AmeriBar’s Illinois Bar Review Course has helped students pass the bar exam for over 15 years.
Illinois Bar Exam Information
Illinois bar exam format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Illinois Bar Exam.
AmeriBar’s Illinois Bar Review Course has helped students pass the bar exam for over 15 years.
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Illinois Bar Exam Format
Overview
The Illinois 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 Illinois 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 Illinois 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
- Illinois Bar Review Course – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Illinois bar exam for over 15 years.
- IllinoisBarPrep.com – Detailed Information and resources for Illinois 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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Illinois Bar Admissions
Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar
625 S. College Street
Springfield, IL 62704-2521
625 S. College Street
Springfield, IL 62704-2521
Illinois MPRE Score Requirement
Illinois 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 Illinois.
Scoring/Grading and Results
In order to pass the Illinois bar exam, you must score at least 266. This equates to 133, 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%. Illinois makes the February bar exam results available during the first half of April, and the July Illinois bar exam results in the first half of October.
Reciprocity
Illinois allows for admission on motion for attorneys who fulfill certain requirements, some of which include:
- being licensed to practice law in any United States jurisdiction for at least three of five years;
- fulfilling all educational and character and fitness requirements; and
- being in good disciplinary standing in every jurisdiction of admission.
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Regent Law School
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Illinois Bar Exam Subjects
Illinois Essay Subjects
- Business Associations
- Conflict of Laws
- Family Law
- Trusts, Wills, and Estates
- UCC Article 2 – Secured Transactions
- All MBE Subjects
MBE Subjects
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts and Sales
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Evidence
- Property
- Torts
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.
Illinois Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates
| Exam Date | First | Repeat | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | 77% | 28% | 70% |
| February 2018 | 69% | 41% | 55% |
| July 2017 | 80% | 38% | 74% |
| February 2017 | 74% | 44% | 58% |
| July 2016 | 77% | 32% | 72% |
| February 2016 | 75% | 49% | 63% |
| July 2015 | 80% | 31% | 76% |
| February 2015 | 81% | 52% | 69% |
| July 2014 | 85% | 30% | 81% |
| February 2014 | 84% | 58% | 75% |
AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Illinois bar exam for over 17 years.