Nevada Bar Exam

Nevada Bar Exam Format

The Nevada bar exam takes three days or 16 hours and consists of the Nevada Essay Exam, the Multistate Performance Test (“MPT”), and the Multistate Bar Exam (“MBE”). State law is also tested.

Nevada Essay Exam

On the Nevada bar exam there are 7 essays. Each essay is suppose to be completed within one hour. Previous questions and answers can be found here. Nevada bar exam subjects include:

• Business Associations (Agency and Partnerships; Corporations and LLCs)
• Civil Procedure (Federal & Nevada)
• Conflict of Laws
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts (Common Law, Sales/UCC Art. 2)
• Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure
• Evidence
• Family Law
• Real Property
• Secured Transactions (UCC Art. 9)
• Torts
• Trusts and Estates
• Real Property
• Secured Transactions (UCC Art. 9)
• Torts

MPT (Multi-State Performance Test)
Nevada Bar Exam also includes two (2) MPT performance test which occurs in the second half of the first day of the exam after an afternoon lunch period which follows the first three hours and three essays of the MEE testing.

MBE (Multiple Choice Bar Exam)
Nevada Bar Exam tests (MBE) is conducted on the second day of the three-day test and consists of a 6 hour time period. Each time period is divided in half so you have 100 questions to answer in the first three hours, followed by a lunch break and then 3 more hours to complete the second 100 questions for a total of 200 questions. The Nevada bar exam test 7 subjects:

• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts (Common Law, Sales/UCC Art. 2)
• Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure
• Evidence
• Real Property
• Torts

UBE and MBE Score Transfer

The state of Nevada does not allow admission on motion or on MBE transfer.

Bar Exam Testing Schedule

Day 1

• First three hours = 3 MEE Essays
• Lunch Break
• Second 3 hours = 2 MPTs

Day 2

• Morning first 3 hours – MBE Part 1 (100 questions)
• Lunch Break
• Afternoon second 3 hours – MBE Part 2 (100 questions)

Day 3

•  4 hours of essay questions (4 total questions)

Grading

Nevada bar exam final scores are based on a scalable score. The minimum score to pass is 273/400. Appeals are not allowed. Applicants who fail may retake the test up to four times. On the fourth time, permission to take must be asked by the applicant to the state.

Exam Date               Results

Feb. 20-23, 20XX     May. 11, 20XX

July 24-25, 20XX    Oct. 10, 20XX

Nevada Bar Exam Weighted Scores