Texas Bar Examination
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Administered by | Texas Board of Law Examiners | ||||
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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 |