Missouri Bar Exam Information

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Missouri Bar Exam Format

Overview

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

Exam Dates

  • July 30-31, 2024
  • February 25-26, 2025
  • July 29-30, 2025
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Missouri Bar Admissions

Missouri Board of Law Examiners
P.O. Box 104236
Jefferson City, MO 65110-4236

Missouri MPRE Score Requirement

Missouri 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 Missouri.

Scoring/Grading and Results

In order to pass the Missouri bar exam, you must score at least 260. This equates to 130, based on the MBE’s 200-point scale. The scores of the exam sections are weighted as follows: MPT 20%, MEE 30%, and MBE 50%. Missouri makes bar exam results available approximately seven weeks after the exam.

Reciprocity

You may obtain admission to the Missouri Bar without examination (i.e., “Admission”), on motion, when you fulfill many requirements, which include having an active law license from another United States jurisdiction that allows for mutuality of admission without examination. You may obtain Admission if: 1) you scored at least 260 on the UBE in another jurisdiction within 5 years before you applied for Admission; and 2) you have the required legal education.

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Regent Law School

Jennifer failed twice with Barbri. “I felt so prepared…for the exam. I never felt that way the first couple of times. I can’t say enough about how I felt after failing twice to come back and just nail it after six years of absence from the law.”

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Thomas Cooley Law School

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Missouri Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates

Exam DateFirstRepeatTotal
July 202388%37%81%
February 202359%38%47%
July 202280%14%72%
February 202265%51%58%
July 202183%20%76%
February 202175%43%61%
July 202089%31%84%
February 202066%29%50%
July 201985%35%78%
February 201972%45%62%
July 201882%24%76%
February 201879%37%63%
July 201789%43%85%
February 201776%46%65%
July 201683%39%79%
February 201682%58%75%

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