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The Nevada Plan: Four COmponents
Nevada requires four separate bar admissions components, with no limit on attempts. They are:
- MPRE: Nevada requires a score of 85. Most candidates complete it during law school.
- Foundational Law Exam (FLE): a 100-question, closed-book, multiple-choice exam testing seven subjects.
- Lawyering Performance Exam (LPE): three Nevada Performance Tests taken in person in Nevada, twice a year. Post-graduation only.
- Supervised Practice Program (SPP): a minimum of 40 hours of real, supervised legal work through an approved setting, and a self-directed learning project.
The requirements must be completed within a six-year eligibility window: three years before to three years after the year you pass the LPE.
Exam Dates
Nevada FLE
- October 22-23, 2026
- December 17-18, 2026
- February 18-19, 2027
- May 27-28, 2027
Nevada LPE
- January 19, 2027
- June 22, 2027
Nevada MPRE Score Requirement
Nevada 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 Nevada.
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Reciprocity
Nevada does not have any type of reciprocity or admission by motion.
Nevada Foundational Law Exam
The FLE is a 100 questions, closed book, multiple-choice exam given four times per year. You must take it on a computer at a Prometric testing center anywhere in the country (not just Nevada). The exam is prepared, scored, and analyzed by the Nevada Board of Bar Examiners.
The FLE lasts approximately four hours and tests seven subjects (14–15 questions each): Real Property, Contracts, Torts, Federal Civil Procedure, Evidence, Criminal Law and Procedure, and Constitutional Law.
You may sit for the FLE once you have earned 42 credits at an ABA-accredited law school (or received Functional Equivalency Committee approval).
Lawyering Performance Exam
The LPE is administered after you graduate from law school. It consists of three Nevada Performance Tests administered in person, at a single location in Nevada, twice a year (January and June). There is a a four-hour morning session covering performance tests 1 and 2, a lunch break, and a two-hour afternoon session for performance test 3.
Each problem is a closed universe: a File of facts and documents (some deliberately irrelevant) plus a Library containing all the legal authority you need. Your task is to draft a specific legal document, such as an objective memo, a persuasive brief, or a client letter. No memorized law is required, and problems may integrate multiple subjects, legal ethics, and Nevada law.
Supervised Practice Program
You must complete a minimum of 40 hours of supervised legal work, during law school or after, through an approved setting. During those hours, you must perform at least four qualifying lawyering tasks. On task, interviewing or counseling a client, is mandatory. You must also complete a self-directed learning project.
If you have had an active, licensed, practiced for more than six continuous months in a U.S. jurisdiction within the last two years, you are exempt from the supervised practice requirement.
Scoring/Grading and Results
Each Nevada Plan component is scored and passed independently. There is no combined score, so a strong FLE cannot offset a weak LPE. There is no limit on attempts for any component.
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