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Montana Bar Exam Information
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About the Bar Exam
Montana has adopted the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). It is a 2-day exam, and takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The Multistate Essay Exam and the Multistate Performance Tests are administered on Tuesday and the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) is administered on Wednesday.
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Contact Information
State Bar of Montana
33 S. Last Chance Gulch, Suite 1B
Helena, MT 59624
United States
Ph: (406) 442-7660
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Bar Exam Format
The Montana Bar Exam is a 2-day exam:
- Day 1: AM: Six Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) essays PM: Two Multistate Performance Tests (MPTs)
- Day 2: 200-question, multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE).
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Subjects Tested
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).
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Bar Exam Dates
The Montana Bar Exam will be administered on:
- February 26 and 27, 2019
- July 30 and 31, 2019
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Grading
The Montana Bar Exam will require a minimum scaled combined score of 266 points out of 400 points to pass. The MBE is weighted at 50% of the score, the Essays are weighted at 30%, and the MPTs are weighted at 20%.
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MPRE
A minimum passing scaled score is 80 or higher. MPRE Transfer Policy: The MPRE score that you are trying to use must be within the last 2 years
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Reciprocity
To be eligible for admission by motion in Montana, the applicant must have been admitted by bar examination to practice law and engaged in the active practice of law for at least five of the seven years preceding application to Montana in one or more states, territories, or protectorates of the United States or the District of Columbia and shall submit evidence of a passing scaled score of 80 or higher on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).
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