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New Jersey Bar Exam Format
Overview
The New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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
- New Jersey Bar Review Course – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the New Jesrsey bar exam for over 15 years.
- NewJerseyBarPrep.com – Detailed Information and resources for New Jersey bar exam takers.
- MBEQuestionBank.com – Online question bank with over 2500 simulated MBE questions.
Exam Dates
- February 23-24, 2021
- July 27-28, 2021
- February 25-26, 2022
- July 26-27, 2022
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New Jersey Bar Admissions
New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners
P.O. Box 973
Trenton, NJ 08625-0973
P.O. Box 973
Trenton, NJ 08625-0973
New Jersey MPRE Score Requirement
New Jersey requires bar exam applicants to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (“MPRE”). You must score 75 or higher on the MPRE in order to pass in New Jersey.
Scoring/Grading and Results
In order to pass the New Jersey bar exam, you must score at least 266 on a 400-point scale, which is 133 on the MBE’s 200-point scale. The scores of the exam sections are weighted as follows: MPT 20%, MEE 50%, and MBE 50%. New Jersey releases the February bar exam results by mid-May, and the July exam results by mid-November.
Reciprocity
The State of New Jersey allows for admission by motion for lawyers from reciprocal jurisdictions who fulfill all applicable requirements. New Jersey will accept a student’s transferred UBE score of 266 that is submitted within 36 months of the exam at which it was earned.
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New Jersey Bar Exam Subjects
New Jersey 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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Heidi describes how AmeriBar was instrumental in raising her score from 121 to 144.
New Jersey Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates
Exam Date | First | Repeat | Total |
---|---|---|---|
July 2019 | 79% | 30% | 66% |
February 2019 | 66% | 35% | 48% |
July 2018 | 72% | 18% | 59% |
February 2018 | 63% | 30% | 46% |
July 2017 | 74% | 31% | 65% |
February 2017 | 57% | 26% | 41% |
July 2016 | 72% | 35% | 65% |
February 2016 | 58% | 44% | 50% |
July 2015 | 73% | 42% | 70% |
February 2015 | 60% | 44% | 52% |

AmeriBar has been helping students pass the New Jersey bar exam for over 17 years.