About Your Bar Exam

Bar Exam Details

With BARBRI’s regular (and realistic) mock tests, you’ll be building the stamina required to be at the top of your game over two days of testing.

Day 1

  • Two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test questions (MPT in the AM)
  • Six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam questions (MEE in the PM)

Day 2

  • Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200-question, multiple-choice exam (100 questions in the AM, 100 questions in the PM)

Scoring

BARBRI students score an average of 19 points higher on the bar exam

The scaled written score is weighted 50% and the scaled MBE score is weighted 50%.

A total scaled score of 270 or higher is required to pass the Vermont Bar Exam.

Subjects Tested

BARBRI’s ISAAC (your Intuitive Study Assistant and Coach) automatically adjusts the time you spend studying to focus on subjects and topics statistically proven to be most likely to appear on your exam — so you study smarter, not harder!

MBE
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts/Sales
  • Criminal Law/Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Federal Civil Procedure
  • Real Property
  • Torts
MEE
  • 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
MPT
  • “Closed universe” practical questions using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.
MPRE
  • A scaled score of 80 on the MPRE, no earlier than three years before taking the bar exam, or one year after being notified of passing the UBE, is required for admission.

Learn more about MPRE.

Reciprocity

Acceptance of MBE score

Vermont does not accept an MBE score from an exam taken in another jurisdiction.

Admission on Motion

A member in good standing of another U.S. state may be admitted on motion in Vermont if the applicant has been actively engaged in the practice of law for no less than five of the ten years immediately preceding the filing of the application.

Alternatively, the applicant may qualify if admitted in New Hampshire or Maine and has been actively engaged in the practice of law for no less than three years immediately preceding the filing of the application. Additional requirements apply. 

Admission by UBE Score Transfer

Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 270 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding three years may apply for admission based on that score. Passing UBE scores earned more than three years, but less than five years prior may qualify if the applicant has been actively engaged in the full-time practice of law for at least two years. Additional requirements apply.


Additional Info
A typical Vermont Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)

Vermont Bar Exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners.

Newly admitted attorneys must complete 15 hours of specially approved CLE courses within one year of admission. At least six hours of the 15 must be live training events. Once admitted, the applicant must complete a 6-month mentorship under the supervision of a Vermont practicing judge/attorney.

A typical District of Columbia Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)

District of Columbia Bar Exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with the D.C Committee on Admissions.

A typical District of Columbia Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)

District of Columbia Bar Exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with the D.C Committee on Admissions.

A typical District of Columbia Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)

District of Columbia Bar Exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with the D.C Committee on Admissions.

A typical District of Columbia Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)

District of Columbia Bar Exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with the D.C Committee on Admissions.

Learn more about the BARBRI bar prep course that’s best for you.

Traditional Bar Review Full-time Course | 8-10 weeks

Extended Bar Review Full-time Course | 6- or 10- month