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Alaska Bar Exam Information
ABOUT THE BAR EXAM
Format |
Format: Exam requires 2.5 days, as follows:
Essay Exam: 1.5 days
.5 day (three-hours): three "long" essay questions
.5 day (three hours): Six "short" essays
.5 day (three hours): Two MPT questions
MBE: two 3-hour sessions of 100 questions |
Subjects |
Essay Exam:
• Business Organizations (corporations, partnerships, associations)
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law (State and Federal)
• Contracts (including Chapter 2 of the U.C.C.)
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Evidence
• Family Law
• Real Property
• Torts (including Products Liability) |
Grading |
Passing score--140.00 or higher (the weighted essay score converted by the standard deviation method combined with the MBE scaled score by simple averaging)
Essay scores are weighted as follows:
• 30% from three long essays;
• 45% from six short essays;
• 25% from two MPTs (12.5% for each MPT question).
The essay exam and the MBE are each weighted at 50% of the total score.
If score is one point below passing (between 139.00 and 139.99): Essays are reread and the score recalculated; the recalculated score is used in final results. |
GENERAL BAR EXAM INFORMATION
Contact Information |
Committee of Law Examiners
Alaska Bar Association
550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1900
P.O. Box 100279
Anchorage, AK 99510-0279
(907) 272-7469
http://www.alaskabar.org/ |
Bar Exam Dates & Locations |
Feb. 24-26, 2009
July 28-30, 2009
Examinations begin on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and July of each year. The MBE is given on the last Wednesday in February and July of each year
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau |
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