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The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (the MPRE)
is a 60-question multiple-choice exam (including 10 questions that don't count
to your score)
given three times a year -- in March, in
August, and in November.
Almost every state requires that
you pass the MPRE prior to your admission to the bar.
Yet you do not take the MPRE as part of your regular bar exam.
Most candidates take the MPRE during their second or third year of law school.
In addition, you may sit for the
exam at any location.
Thus, if you live in California, attend law school in Ithaca, New York, and plan to
take the Florida bar exam,
you can fly to Houston (if you choose to) or anyplace else for the exam.
The MPRE is not a test of whether
you're ethical.
It is instead a test of whether you understand standards governing the conduct
of lawyers and judges.
These standards, as tested by the
MPRE, are based primarily
on the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the
ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct.
The MPRE also requires your
knowledge of "controlling constitutional decisions and generally accepted
principles
established in leading federal and state cases and in procedural and
evidentiary rules."
MPRE questions generally involve a fact pattern, followed by a question and four
possible answers.
You have two hours and five minutes -- two hours to answer the 50 MPRE
questions,
and five minutes to answer 10 additional questions about the exam site and the testing
conditions
(e.g., How was the parking? Was the lighting okay?).
The two-hour allotment will give you about two and a half
minutes for each MPRE question.
By comparison, you will have three hours to answer 100 questions on the
Multistate Bar Exam (the MBE).
This comes out to only about one minute and 45 seconds per question on the MBE.
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He has prepared more than 250,000 law students and law school graduates
for the MPRE, final exams, and the bar exam.
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MPRE Passing Score, by Jurisdiction*
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*Many jurisdictions have
restrictions on the MPRE, such as when you must take the exam for it to be
accepted.
Check with your specific state by clicking
here.
Upcoming Test Dates:
Friday, August 7, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Saturday, March , 2010
Filing Deadlines & Application
Details
MPRE Subject-Matter Outlines
As Prepared by the National Conference of Bar
Examiners
The following subject matter outline indicates the examination's scope of coverage and the approximate percentage of items that are included in each major area. The outline is not intended to list every aspect of a topic mentioned. Although the test items for each MPRE are developed from these categories, each topic is not necessarily tested on each examination.
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MPRE Directions
As Provided by the National Conference of
Bar Examiners
The law governing the conduct of lawyers is based on the disciplinary rules of professional conduct currently articulated in the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, as well as controlling constitutional decisions and generally accepted principles established in leading federal and state cases and in procedural and evidentiary rules. The MPRE consists of 60 multiple-choice test items. These test items are followed by 10 Test Center Review items that request the examinee's reactions to the testing conditions. The examination is two hours and five minutes in length. Test items covering judicial ethics measure applications of the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct (CJC). Other items will deal with discipline of lawyers by state disciplinary authorities; in these items, the correct answer will be governed by the current ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC). The remaining items, outside the disciplinary context, are designed to measure an understanding of the generally accepted rules, principles, and common law regulating the legal profession in the United States; in these items, the correct answer will be governed by the view reflected in a majority of cases, statutes, or regulations on the subject. To the extent that questions of professional responsibility arise in the context of procedural or evidentiary issues, such as the availability of litigation sanctions or the scope of the attorney-client evidentiary privilege, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence will be assumed to apply, unless otherwise stated. As a general rule, particular local statutes or rules of court will not be tested in the MPRE. However, a specific test question may include the text of a local statute or rule that must be considered when answering that question. Amendments to the MRPC or CJC will be reflected in the examination no earlier than one year after the approval of the amendments by the American Bar Association. The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct are available on the American Bar Association's website. Hard copies can be obtained by calling the ABA service center at 800-285-2221. The ABA is located at 750 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60611 (312-988-5522). The Use of Key Words and Phrases on the MPREEach question contained in the MPRE provides a factual situation along with a specific question and four possible answer choices. Examinees should pick the best answer from the four possible answer choices. Each question may include one of the following key words or phrases:
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For an MPRE application:
National Conference of Bar Examiners
MPRE Application Department
301 ACT Drive
PO Box 4001
Iowa City, IA 52243-4001
Phone: 319-341-2500TDD for Persons With Hearing Impairments:
319-337-1701 (must call from a TDD)
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