The Pennsylvania Bar Exam is a two-day exam. It takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The Pennsylvania essays and Performance Test take place on Tuesday and the MBE® (Multistate Bar Exam) takes place on Wednesday.

The Pennsylvania Bar Exam is a two-day exam. Day 1: AM: One Performance Test and two Pennsylvania essays; PM: Four Pennsylvania essays. Day 2: 200-question, multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE®).

Business Organizations (including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and professional corporations), Civil Procedure (Pennsylvania and Federal), Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Criminal Law (including related Pennsylvania and federal constitutional issues and DUI), Employment Discrimination (limited to Title VII, ADA and ADEA), Evidence (Pennsylvania and Federal), Family Law, Federal Constitutional Law, Federal Income Tax (personal only and limited to taxable and non-taxable income, deductions, proprietorships and capital transactions), Professional Responsibility, Real Property, Torts, U.C.C. Article II - Sales, Wills, Trusts and Decedents' Estates (including related fiduciary responsibilities).

February 25-26, 2020 July 28-29, 2020

The Pennsylvania Bar Exam requires a minimum scaled combined score of 272 points. The MBE® is weighted at 45%, the essays at 44%, and the PT at 11%.

A minimum passing scaled score is 75 or higher.

Applicants must meet the requirements set forth in Rule 204 to qualify. For a list of states or jurisdictions that have reciprocity with Pennsylvania please visit the link here.

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Pennsylvania Bar Exam Information

About the Bar Exam

The Pennsylvania Bar Exam is a two-day exam. It takes place on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The Pennsylvania essays and Performance Test take place on Tuesday and the MBE^® (Multistate Bar Exam) takes place on Wednesday.
Contact Information

Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners
601 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 3600
P.O. Box 62535
Harrisburg, PA 17106-2535
Phone: (717) 231-3350
Fax: (717) 231-3351
http://www.pabarexam.org/
Bar Exam Format
The Pennsylvania Bar Exam is a two-day exam.
- Day 1: AM: One Performance Test and two Pennsylvania essays; PM: Four Pennsylvania essays.
- Day 2: 200-question, multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE^®).
Subjects Tested

Business Organizations (including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and professional corporations), Civil Procedure (Pennsylvania and Federal), Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Criminal Law (including related Pennsylvania and federal constitutional issues and DUI), Employment Discrimination (limited to Title VII, ADA and ADEA), Evidence (Pennsylvania and Federal), Family Law, Federal Constitutional Law, Federal Income Tax (personal only and limited to taxable and non-taxable income, deductions, proprietorships and capital transactions), Professional Responsibility, Real Property, Torts, U.C.C. Article II - Sales, Wills, Trusts and Decedents' Estates (including related fiduciary responsibilities).
Bar Exam Dates
- February 25-26, 2020
- July 28-29, 2020
Grading

The Pennsylvania Bar Exam requires a minimum scaled combined score of 272 points. The MBE^® is weighted at 45%, the essays at 44%, and the PT at 11%.
MPRE^®

A minimum passing scaled score is 75 or higher.
Reciprocity

Applicants must meet the requirements set forth in Rule 204 to qualify. For a list of states or jurisdictions that have reciprocity with Pennsylvania please visit the link here.

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