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Oregon Bar Exam Information
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About the Bar Exam
Oregon 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.
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Contact Information
Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd.
Tigard, OR 97281-1935
Phone: (503) 431-6310 -
Bar Exam Format
The Oregon Bar Exam is a two-day exam:
- Day 1: AM: Six Multistate Essay Exam (MEE®) essays; PM: Two Multistate Performance Tests (MPT®s)
- Day 2: 200-question Multiple choice Mulistate Bar exam. (MBE®).
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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).
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Bar Exam Dates
- July 27-28, 2021
- February 22-23, 2022
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Grading
The Oregon Bar Exam requires a minimum scaled combined score of 274 points out of 400 points 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%.
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MPRE®
A minimum passing scaled score is 85 or higher.
MPRE® Policy: The applicant must either: (a) pass the MPRE® within 36 months prior to applying for admission or while an application is pending; or (b) have been admitted in another jurisdiction where passage of the MPRE® is required for admission and has substantially and continuously engaged in the practice of law for at least 12 months in that jurisdiction.
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Reciprocity
Effective August 1, 2018, the requirement that an applicant must have passed a bar exam in a jurisdiction that has reciprocity with the Oregon State Bar has been replaced with the requirement that the reciprocal applicant has passed a bar exam in another United States jurisdiction. The new version of the Reciprocal Application rules can be found here.
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