Kentucky Bar Exam Info

Kentucky Bar Exam Information

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

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Kentucky Bar Exam Format

Overview

The Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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. Kentucky Bar Exam Tutor – Kentucky bar exam tutoring program for repeat takers
  2. KentuckyBarPrep.com – Detailed Information and resources for Kentucky bar exam takers.
  3. MBEQuestionBank.com  – Online question bank with over 2500 simulated MBE questions.

Exam Dates

  • February 25-26, 2025
  • July 29-30, 2025
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Kentucky Bar Admissions

Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions
1510 Newtown Pike, Suite 156
Lexington, KY 40511-1255

Kentucky MPRE Score Requirement

Kentucky 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 Kentucky.

Scoring/Grading and Results

In order to pass the Kentucky bar exam, you must achieve a score of 266 out of 400 on the UBE. Kentucky makes bar exam results available approximately nine weeks after the exam.

Reciprocity

Under certain circumstances, a lawyer can obtain admission to practice law in Kentucky without having to sit for the Kentucky bar exam. The lawyer must fulfill all of the requirements for such admission, which include practicing law for at least five of the past seven years in a state having reciprocity with Kentucky.

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Stetson Law School

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Thomas Cooley Law School

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Kentucky Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates

Exam DateFirstRepeatTotal
July 202380%52%76%
February 202352%52%52%
July 202274%41%68%
February 202252%49%45%
July 202172%29%72%
February 202180%38%58%
July 202084%42%76%
February 202073%39%53%
July 201975%36%67%
February 201975%45%60%
July 201877%34%67%
February 201865%46%56%
July 201768%39%61%
February 201772%48%60%
July 201670%35%65%
February 201685%66%78%

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