Missouri Bar Exam
(UBE) Details

• Constitutional Law
• Contracts/Sales
• Criminal Law/Procedure
• Evidence
• Federal Civil Procedure
• Real Property
• Torts

• 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

• “Closed universe” practical questions using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.

• A scaled score of 80 on the MPRE is required for admission to the bar. Applicant must provide proof of score within one year after the date of written notification of having passed the bar exam.

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• Applicants may transfer an MBE scaled score achieved in another jurisdiction if taken within 19 months prior to the next scheduled exam, provided the applicant passed the entire bar examination in one administration in the transferring jurisdiction. The applicant cannot have previously failed the bar examination in Missouri.

• A member in good standing of reciprocating jurisdiction may be admitted on motion in Missouri if the applicant has engaged in the full-time practice of law for five of the ten years preceding application. Additional requirements apply.

• Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 260 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding five years may apply for admission based on that score. Additional requirements apply.

• All applicants for admission by bar examination must take a Missouri Educational Component Test (MECT). Successful completion of the MECT shall occur no earlier than the date of submission of the initial application to take the bar examination and no later than one year after the date of written notification to the applicant of passing the bar examination.