Kansas Bar Exam Info

Kansas Bar Exam Information

Kansas bar exam format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Kansas Bar Exam.

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Kansas Bar Exam Format

Overview

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

Reciprocity

Kansas permits admission on motion without examination based on reciprocity. To qualify for such admission, an attorney must prove fulfillment of several criteria, some of which include: 1) having an active law license in another jurisdiction that permits mutuality of admission without examination for members of the Kansas bar; and 2) having actively practiced law for five of the past seven years.

A UBE score of 266 attained in another jurisdiction within the prior 36 months may apply to obtain admission to the Kansas state bar without sitting for the Kansas bar exam.

Kansas Next Gen Status

Adopted Next Gen Uniform Bar Exam? Yes
Date of First Next Gen Exam: July 2028

Exam Dates

  • February 24-25, 2026
  • July 28-29, 2026

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Kansas Bar Admissions

Kansas Board of Law Examiners
Kansas Judicial Center
301 SW 10th Avenue, Room 374
Topeka, KS 66612-1507

Kansas MPRE Score Requirement

Kansas 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 Kansas.

Scoring/Grading and Results

In order to pass the Kansas 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%. Kansas makes bar exam results available approximately six weeks after the exam.

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Regent Law School

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Kansas Bar Exam Subjects

Kansas 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
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Thomas Cooley Law School

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Kansas Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates

Exam DateFirstRepeatTotal
July 202380%56%77%
February 202363%38%51%
July 202281%8%75%
February 202281%48%64%
July 202179%38%76%
February 202167%53%60%
September 202076%67%74%
July 202090%38%86%
February 202094%22%78%
July 201989%29%85%
February 201982%80%82%
July 201885%13%73%
February 201848%53%50%
July 201783%40%79%
February 201778%45%66%
July 201684%41%79%
February 201658%52%56%

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