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Massachusetts Bar Exam Format
Overview
The Massachusetts Bar Exam is administered over two days. Massachusetts administers the Uniform Bar Exam (“UBE”).
Day 1
The first day has six Multistate Essay Exam (“MEE”) questions within a three-hour session and two Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”) items within another three-hour session. On average, there are 30 minutes to answer each MEE question and 90 minutes to answer each MPT item.
Day 2
The MBE is administered on the second day of the Massachusetts 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
- Massachusetts Bar Review Course – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Massachusetts bar exam for over 15 years.
- MBEQuestionBank.com – Online question bank with over 2500 simulated MBE questions.
Exam Dates
- July 26-27, 2022
- February 21-22, 2023
- July 25-26, 2023
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Massachusetts Bar Admissions
Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners
Edward W. Brooke Courthouse
24 New Chardon Street, 1st Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Edward W. Brooke Courthouse
24 New Chardon Street, 1st Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Massachusetts MPRE Score Requirement
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.
Scoring/Grading and Results
In order to pass the Massachusetts bar exam, you must score at least 270. This equates to 135, on a 200-point scale. The MBE is weighted 50%, the MEE questions are weighted 30% and the MPT items are weighted 20%. Massachusetts makes bar exam results available approximately Massachusetts makes bar exam results available approximately 8 to 9 weeks after the February exam and 13 to 14 weeks after the July exam.
Reciprocity
Under specified circumstances, an attorney can obtain admission to practice law in Massachusetts without having to take the Massachusetts bar exam. The attorney has to fulfill all of the conditions for such admission, which include practicing law for at least five of the past seven years in another United States jurisdiction. An applicant can obtain admission via a transferred UBE score of at least 270 and attained within the prior 36 months.
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.”

AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Massachusetts bar exam for over 20 years.
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Massachusetts Bar Exam Subjects
Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates
Exam Date | First | Repeat | Total |
---|---|---|---|
July 2020 | 85% | 37% | 77% |
February 2020 | 53% | 30% | 37% |
July 2019 | 82% | 20% | 72% |
February 2019 | 68% | 35% | 46% |
July 2018 | 79% | 21% | 69% |
February 2018 | 53% | 27% | 36% |
July 2017 | 81% | 31% | 71% |
February 2017 | 61% | 39% | 48% |
July 2016 | 80% | 27% | 71% |
February 2016 | 61% | 43% | 51% |

AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Massachusetts bar exam for over 20 years.