MINNESOTA BAR REVIEW COURSE
Get Ready to Pass the Bar Exam the First Time
The Minnesota bar prep course at Kaplan provides you with all the experts, content, and realistic practice you could ever need to pass the exam. To get started, select your exam date and customize your study plan with add-ons.
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Minnesota Bar Exam on Your First Try
- Take your Minnesota bar prep course on demand and participate in live seminars
- Practice with 5,000+ exam-like MBE™ questions with detailed explanations
- Access previously released MBE questions from the NCBE® to familiarize yourself with the exam format
- Enhance your study time with prep based on learning science and supported by AI
- Use performance analytics to see how you compare to other bar prep students
- Learn on your own schedule with an adaptable calendar
- Improve your writing with unlimited essay grading and instant feedback
- Find support with a live online Homeroom each week
- Get a $500 Amazon gift card when you pass the exam on your first attempt (terms apply)
- Complete 4 bar practice exams to get a better feel for exam day
- Add Bar Review Plus and MBE Jumpstart to support your Minnesota bar prep course
- Get answers 24/7 with our “Ask an Expert” service
- Secure textbooks for your Minnesota bar prep—no deposit required
- Meet other Minnesota bar prep students in our online law student community
- Study with flashcards and additional materials (Kaplan Bar Review Plus only)
- Pass the Minnesota Bar Exam with Kaplan or repeat your course for free
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Get into the bar prep mindset before your course begins. Spanning a full semester, Bar Review Plus includes flashcards and weekly online modules that ease into the full Minnesota bar prep course. Choose Kaplan Bar Review and add Bar Review Plus during checkout.
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Focus on the MBE, one of the most challenging parts of the exam. Meet with a Director of Legal Education to learn about the Minnesota Bar Exam and bar prep process, take a diagnostic to refine your study plan, and work 1-on-1 with your own tutor. Add MBE Jumpstart during checkout.
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Over the past five years, 90% of our students passed the UBE on their first attempt. Count on passing the bar when you complete Kaplan’s assigned practice.
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Get as close to the bar exam as possible before test day. Study with 5,000+ exam-like MBE™ questions and learn from lawyers who know what it takes to pass.
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Prepare to pass with the latest in bar prep technology, which combines learning science and AI to ensure your prep is customized, efficient and effective.
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Celebrate after you pass the bar exam on your first attempt with your Exam Excellence Award: a $500 Amazon gift card on us. We’re confident you’ll succeed. Terms apply.
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Minnesota Bar Exam Information
About the Bar Exam
Minnesota has adopted the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE®). It is a two-day exam, which takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July.
The Multistate Essay Exam (MEE®) and the Multistate Performance Tests (MPT®) are administered on Tuesday; the Mulitstate Bar Exam (MBE®) is administered on Wednesday.
Contact Information
Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
180 East 5th Street, Suite 950
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Phone: (651) 297-1857
Fax: (651) 297-1196.
ble@mbcle.state.mn.us
Bar Exam Format
The Minnesota 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®).
Subjects Tested
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).
Bar Exam Dates
The Minnesota Bar Exam will be administered on:
- 2024: July 30-31,
- 2025: February 25-26, and July 29-30
Grading
The Minnesota Bar will require a minimum scaled score of 260 to pass. The MBE® is weighted at 50% of the score, the Essays are weighted at 30%, and the MPT® essays are weighted at 20%.
MPRE®
The minimum passing scaled score is 85 or higher.
Reciprocity
An applicant may be eligible for admission without examination under Rule 4A(4) if the applicant has received a scaled score of 260 or higher earned in another jurisdiction on the UBE® and the score is certified as a UBE® score by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The applicant shall submit evidence of the score and a complete application for admission to the Board within 36 months of the date of the qualifying examination being used as the basis for the admission.
Admission on motion applicants must provide documentary evidence that the applicant was engaged in the lawful practice of law for at least 1,000 hours per year in at least 36 of the 60 months immediately preceding the application.
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