Massachusetts Bar Exam Info

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Massachusetts Bar Exam Format

Overview

The Massachusetts Bar Exam is administered over two days. Massachusetts administers the Uniform Bar Exam (“UBE”).

Day 1

The first day has six Multistate Essay Exam (“MEE”) questions within a three-hour session and two Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”) items within another three-hour session. On average, there are 30 minutes to answer each MEE question and 90 minutes to answer each MPT item.

Day 2

The MBE is administered on the second day of the Massachusetts 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.