What is tested on the bar exam?

Florida
If you plan to take the bar exam in a state that is not included on this sheet, visit their bar exam website for more information.
Day 1: The “Florida Portion” Day 2: The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE):
Format: Format:
3 Essays (1 hour each) 200 multiple choice questions
100 multiple choice questions
Subjects:
Historical essay subjects:*  Civil Procedure (I and II)
 Contracts  Constitutional Law (I and II)
 Evidence  Contracts/Sales (UCC Art. 2)
 Family Law  Criminal Law and Criminal
 Federal Constitutional Law (I and II) Procedure
 Federal Criminal Procedure  Evidence
 Florida Constitutional Law  Real Property
 Professional Conduct  Torts
 Real Property
 Substantive criminal law
 Torts
 Trusts
 UCC Art. 3 (negotiable instruments)
 UCC Art. 9 (secured transactions)

Historical multiple choice subjects:*

 Procedure (Civil, Criminal, and
Judicial)**
 Evidence
 Wills and Estate Administration
 Business Entities (Partnerships and
Corporations)

*These lists reflect historical testing patterns for over

20 years, but there is no rule that requires particular
subjects to be tested in particular formats.

**Procedure is the only guaranteed subject on the

Florida bar exam. It must be tested on every exam. All
other subjects are tested at the discretion of the Board
of Bar Examiners.
 What is tested on the bar exam?
Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
*The UBE is administered in numerous states including New York. For a complete list, visit www.ncbex.org.
Day 1: MEE and MPT Day 2: The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE):
Format: Format:
6 Essays (30 minutes each) 200 multiple choice questions
2 Performance Tests (90 minutes each)
Subjects:
Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) Subjects:  Civil Procedure (I and II)
 Business Associations (Partnerships,  Constitutional Law (I and II)
Corporations, and Limited Liability  Contracts/Sales (UCC Art. 2)
Companies)  Criminal Law and Criminal
 Federal Civil Procedure (I and II) Procedure
 Conflict of Laws  Evidence
 Federal Constitutional Law (I and II)  Real Property
 Criminal Law  Torts
 Criminal Procedure
 Evidence
 Family Law
 Real Property
 Torts
 Trusts and Estates
 UCC Art. 9 (secured transactions)

Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

The MPT is designed to test fundamental
lawyering skills. You are provided with a “File”
and a “Library.” The File will include a factual
scenario and a memo from a supervising attorney
with instructions for a task (like drafting a memo,
or writing a letter to a client). It may also include
documents, contracts, articles, records,
depositions, etc. The library may contain cases,
statutes, regulations, and rules. The examinee is
asked to extract from the library the legal rules
necessary to analyze the problem and perform
the task. No particular substantive knowledge is
required: the Library contains all rules necessary
to analyze the facts and address the problem.