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Massachusetts

Massachusetts is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) with two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test questions, six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam questions, and 200 multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam questions.

MBE Subjects: Constitutional Law, Contracts/Sales, Criminal Law/Procedure, Evidence, Federal Civil Procedure, Real Property, Torts

MEE Subjects: Business Associations (Agency and Partnership; Corporations and Limited Liability Companies), Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates (Decedents’ Estates, Trusts and Future Interests), Article 9 (Secured Transactions) of the Uniform Commercial Code plus all MBE subjects

Multistate Performance Test: "Closed universe" practical questions using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.

MPRE: A scaled score of 85 is required for admission.

Scoring: The passing score is a scaled score of 270.

Filing Deadlines: Application must be filed with the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County at least 75 days prior to exam..

Fees: Bar exam application fee: $815. Technology fee: $75.
Contact Information: 617.482.4466 //www.mass.gov/bbe

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