The Nevada Bar Exam is transitioning from a traditional multi-day sitting to a modular, competency-based pathway called the Nevada Comprehensive Licensing Examination (commonly known as "The Nevada Plan"). Applicants complete separate components on a flexible schedule within a six-year eligibility window. Select components can now be started while still enrolled in law school.

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Licensure under the Nevada Plan is split into four distinct requirements:

• Foundational Law Examination (FLE): A 4-hour, 100-question multiple-choice exam evaluating core legal doctrine (eligible to take after completing 42 law school credits).
• Lawyering Performance Examination (LPE): A 1-day, 6-hour exam consisting of three practical scenarios that test legal research, drafting, factual analysis, and problem-solving using provided closed-universe materials.
• Supervised Practice Program (SPP): A mandatory experiential component requiring 40+ hours of supervised, client-facing legal work under a licensed Nevada attorney, alongside a self-directed learning project.
• Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE): A 2-hour, 60-question ethics exam requiring a minimum scaled score of 85.

Foundational Doctrinal Law (FLE): Core legal subjects including Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts/Sales, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts.

Lawyering Competencies & Practical Skills (LPE): Objective legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, strategic analysis, client communication, persuasive legal writing, and professional ethics.

Under the Nevada Plan, individual licensing components are administered on separate schedules rather than during a single multi-day sitting:

Foundational Law Exam (FLE): Offered 4 times per year (typically February, May, October, and December) at Prometric centers nationwide.

Lawyering Performance Exam (LPE): Administered 2 times per year (typically January and June) in-person in Nevada.

Supervised Practice Program (SPP): Managed via rolling seasonal submission cycles (Summer and Fall).

Each component under the Nevada Plan is scored and passed independently.

A minimum passing scaled score is 85 or higher.

MPRE® Transfer Policy: The MPRE® score that you are trying to use must be within the last 2 years.

Nevada has no reciprocity or admission by motion of any kind.

6-Year Completion Window: All four components (FLE, LPE, SPP, and MPRE) must be completed within a 6-year window extending from 3 years before to 3 years after the year the applicant passes the LPE.

Retired Essay Requirement: The former rule requiring a scaled score of 75 or higher on at least three essay questions is no longer applicable, as traditional essays have been replaced by the Lawyering Performance Exam.