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AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 20 years.
Wisconsin Bar Exam
Wisconsin Bar Exam Information
Wisconsin bar exam format, subjects, scoring, pass rates, dates, and bar review course options. Comprehensive resources to help pass the Wisconsin Bar Exam.
AmeriBar’s Wisconsin Bar Tutoring program has helped students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 20 years.
Wisconsin Bar Exam Format
The Wisconsin Bar Exam is administered over two days.
Day 1
The written portion of the exam is administered on the first day of the Wisconsin bar exam. The written portion of the bar exam consists of any combination of four to eight essay questions and zero to two Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”) questions. You will have three hours to answer the questions. You will have three hours to answer the questions.
Day 2
The Multistate Bar Exam (“MBE”) is administered on the second day of the Wisconsin 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.
Useful Links
- Wisconsin Bar Tutor – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 15 years.
- WisconsinBarExam.com – Detailed information and resources for Wisconsin bar exam takers.
- MBEQuestionBank.com – Online question bank with over 2500 simulated MBE questions.
Exam Dates
- February 25-26, 2025
- July 29-30, 2025
Wisconsin Bar Admissions
Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners
Tenney Building, Suite 715
110 East Main Street
Madison, WI 53703-3328
Tenney Building, Suite 715
110 East Main Street
Madison, WI 53703-3328
Wisconsin MPRE Score Requirement
Wisconsin requires bar exam applicants to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (“MPRE”). You must score 0 or higher on the MPRE in order to pass in Wisconsin.
Scoring/Grading and Results
In order to pass the Wisconsin bar exam, you must score at least 258. This equates to 129, based on the MBE’s 200-point scale. The scores of the exam sections are weighted as follows: written portion 50% and MBE 50%. Wisconsin makes bar exam results available approximately six weeks after the exam.
Reciprocity
If all other requirements are fulfilled, then Wisconsin permits admission on proof of practice by a lawyer in more than one United States jurisdiction for three of the past five years.
Allison
Stetson Law School
Allison was unsuccessful twice with Kaplan before enrolling in tutoring. “Having a personal tutor help to prepare me for the bar exam is the only reason I finally passed the bar. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to AmeriBar.”
AmeriBar Students
Wisconsin Bar Exam Subjects
Wisconsin Essay Subjects
- Business Organizations
- Civil Procedure
- Commercial Law
- Family Law (Domestic Relations)
- Indiana Constitutional Law
- Professional Responsibility
- Property (including Real Estate)
- Taxation (Federal)
- Trusts and Estates
- All MBE Subjects
MBE Subjects
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts and Sales
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Evidence
- Property
- Torts
AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 20 years.
Iyanna
NCCU Law School
Iyanna emotionally describes how AmeriBar helped her pass the bar exam after several prior unsuccessful attempts using a different review course (where she worked as a campus representative).
Wisconsin Bar Exam Statewide Pass Rates
| Exam Date | First | Repeat | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | 69% | 35% | 58% |
| February 2023 | 67% | 17% | 42% |
| July 2022 | 66% | 33% | 59% |
| February 2022 | 56% | 18% | 41% |
| July 2021 | 73% | 33% | 63% |
| February 2021 | 77% | 21% | 54% |
| July 2020 | 81% | 29% | 69% |
| February 2020 | 62% | 19% | 45% |
| July 2019 | 80% | 19% | 64% |
| February 2019 | 51% | 43% | 48% |
| July 2018 | 69% | 39% | 65% |
| February 2018 | 78% | 39% | 60% |
| July 2017 | 77% | 36% | 69% |
| February 2017 | 78% | 42% | 68% |
| July 2016 | 71% | 32% | 64% |
| February 2016 | 68% | 31% | 56% |
AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 20 years.