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Kentucky Bar Exam Information
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About the Bar Exam
The Kentucky Bar Exam is a 2-day exam. It takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The Kentucky essay portion of the examination and the Multistate Essay Examination take place on Tuesday. Wednesday is devoted to the Multistate (MBE) Bar Examination.
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Contact Information
Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions
1510 Newtown Pike, Suite 156
Lexington, KY 40511-1255
Phone: 859-246-2381
Fax: 859-246-2385
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Bar Exam Format
The Kentucky Bar Exam is a 2-day exam.
- Day 1: AM: Six Multistate Essays Exam (MEE) essays, PM: Six Kentucky Essays.
- Day 2: 200-question, multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE).
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Subjects Tested
MBE and MEE Subjets: Agency, Partnership, Corporations, Federal Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Family Law, Real Property, Torts, Trusts, Wills, and Secured Transactions (UCC 9) Kentucky Essay Subjects: Contracts, including sales and secured transactions, Constitutional Law. Business Entities (corporation, partnerships and/or others), Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Kentucky Civil Procedure, Family Law, Property (real and/or personal), Torts and Estates (wills and/or trusts).
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Bar Exam Dates
- February 26 and 27, 2019
- July 30 and 31, 2019
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Grading
The Kentucky Bar Exam will require a minimum scaled score of 132 on the MBE to pass and 75% of the possible points on the essay section.
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MPRE
A minimum passing scaled score is 80 or higher.
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Reciprocity
An applicant who fails to pass only one portion of the exam must only reapply to sit for the failed; however, a passing score on one portion of the exam may only be used for a period of three years to exempt the applicant from re-taking that portion of the exam.
An applicant who has taken the Multistate (MBE) examination in another jurisdiction within three years of the date of the Kentucky examination may transfer a score of 132 or higher and need only sit for the essay portion of the examination.
Kentucky has a provision for attorneys who have practiced law for five of the seven years preceding the filing of an application for admission to the Kentucky Bar in a state(s) which has reciprocity with Kentucky. If attorneys meet all other requirements for admission under this rule, they may be admitted to the Kentucky Bar without taking the bar examination.
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