Wisconsin Bar Exam Information

Wisconsin Bar ExamWisconsin 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.

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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

  1. Wisconsin Bar Tutor – AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 15 years.
  2. WisconsinBarExam.com – Detailed information and resources for Wisconsin 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

Wisconsin Bar Admissions

Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners
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.

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AmeriBar has been helping students pass the Wisconsin bar exam for over 20 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.”

Wisconsin Bar Exam Subjects

Wisconsin Essay Subjects

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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 DateFirstRepeatTotal
July 202369%35%58%
February 202367%17%42%
July 202266%33%59%
February 202256%18%41%
July 202173%33%63%
February 202177%21%54%
July 202081%29%69%
February 202062%19%45%
July 201980%19%64%
February 201951%43%48%
July 201869%39%65%
February 201878%39%60%
July 201777%36%69%
February 201778%42%68%
July 201671%32%64%
February 201668%31%56%

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