Illinois has adopted the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE®). It is a two-day exam, and takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The Multistate Essay Exam (MEE®) and the Multistate Performance Tests (MPT®s) are administered on Tuesday; the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE®) is administered on Wednesday. Note that Illinois has transitioned to the UBE with the July 2019 administration.

The Illinois Bar Exam is a two-day exam. Day 1: AM: Two Multistate Performance Tests (MPT®s) PM: Six Multistate Essay Exam (MEE®) essays. Day 2: 200-question, multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE®).

Business Associations (Agency and Partnership; Corporations and Limited Liability Companies), Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Family Law, Real Property, Torts, Trusts and Estates (Decedents' Estates; Trusts and Future Interests), and Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transactions).

February 25 - February 26, 2020 July 28 - July 29, 2020

A total UBE® scaled score of 266 or higher is needed to pass. The MBE® is weighted at 50% of the score, the Essays are weighted at 30%, and the MPT®s are weighted at 20%.

The Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar requires a MPRE® score of 80 or more. It is not required that an applicant take the MPRE® before taking the bar exam, however before admission to the bar an applicant must have received a passing score.

Applications for those pursuing Illinois admission based on a transferred UBE® score of 266 ot higher in another UBE® jurisdiction will be accepted starting in January 1, 2019. Illinois accepts MBE® scores of 141 or higher transferred from other jurisdictions provided the following requirements are met: The transferred MBE® score must have been attained in an exam administered within 13 months preceding the exam for which you have applied Applicant must have passed the entire exam within the 13 months preceding the exam for which you have applied Applicant cannot have previously failed the Illinois bar exam Score transfer must be received by set forth deadline for the exam for which you have applied Illinois does not allow concurrent testing with other jurisdictions. UBE® applicants must take all portions of the examination (MPT®, MEE® and MBE®) in the same UBE® jurisdiction and in the same exam administration to earn a portable UBE® score. A passing score on the Illinois bar exam is valid in Illinois for four years.

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