Texas Bar Examination

Texas Bar Examination
COVID-19 Information Bar Examination Status No Change currently no plan to cancel or postpone but has announced that if it is postponed the new exam start date will be between Sept 29 and Oct 1. as of March 26, 2020
Administered by	Texas Board of Law Examiners
ABA-Approved Law School J.D. Required	No
Graduate of foreign law school eligible to take the bar examination	Yes
Winter Testing:	February
Summer Testing:	July
Requires Uniform Bar Examination (UBE)?	No
Additional Components required prior to admission	Online course
Maximum Age of Transferred UBE Score	2 years24.0 months <br />/5 years60.0 months <br />
Requires Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)?	Yes
Accepts Multistate Bar Examination Transfers?
Requires Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)?	No
Requires Multistate Performance Test (MPT)?	Yes
Requires Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE)?	Yes
MPRE Minimum Passing Score	85
Jurisdiction-Drafted Exam Components	Procedure and Evidence Questions (20 short answer questions each for civil and criminal) and Texas Essay Questions (12 questions). (Until February 2021, when Texas adopts UBE administration.)
Maximum Exam Attempts	5
First-Time Taker Pass Rate	71%
Repeat Taker Pass Rate	31%
Annual Test Takers Quantity	4068
Website	www.ble.texas.gov
NCBE profile	link