<Li> As of June 2015, 16 jurisdictions have adopted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE). Missouri and North Dakota were the first two states to administer the UBE, doing so in February 2011 . Since then, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming have adopted and administered the UBE . According to the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which prepares the UBE, it is intended to "test knowledge and skills that every lawyer should be able to demonstrate prior to becoming licensed to practice law", and "is uniformly administered, graded, and scored by user jurisdictions and results in a portable score ." UBE jurisdictions are allowed to additionally test candidates' knowledge of state - specific law, through either a test or course . The UBE consists of three parts: <Ul> <Li> The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), a standardized test consisting of 200 multiple - choice questions covering seven (7) key areas of law: Constitutional law, Contracts, Criminal law and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, Real Property and Torts . Examinees have three (3) hours to answer 100 questions in a morning session and the same for an afternoon session . The MBE is administered on the last Wednesday in February and July . </Li> <Li> The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), a uniform though not standardized test that examines a candidate's ability to analyze legal issues and communicate them effectively in writing . The NCBE provides nine possible MEE questions for each bar exam administration; the UBE uses six of these . This exam is administered on the last Tuesday of each February and July . Topics range from the seven MBE topics above, and include Business law (Agency, Corporations, LLC and Partnerships), Commercial law (Commercial paper, Secured Transactions and the Uniformed Commercial Code (UCC)), Conflicts of law, Estates and Probate (Trusts and Wills), and Family Law . </Li> <Li> The Multistate Performance Test (MPT), a "closed - universe" test in which each candidate is required to perform a standard lawyering task, such as a memo or brief . The candidate is provided with a case file and a "library" which contains all of the substantive law required to perform the task (plus some non-relevant material). The MPT is administered on the last Tuesday in each February and July . The NCBE provides two MPT questions for each administration; the UBE uses both . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), a standardized test consisting of 200 multiple - choice questions covering seven (7) key areas of law: Constitutional law, Contracts, Criminal law and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, Real Property and Torts . Examinees have three (3) hours to answer 100 questions in a morning session and the same for an afternoon session . The MBE is administered on the last Wednesday in February and July . </Li> <Li> The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), a uniform though not standardized test that examines a candidate's ability to analyze legal issues and communicate them effectively in writing . The NCBE provides nine possible MEE questions for each bar exam administration; the UBE uses six of these . This exam is administered on the last Tuesday of each February and July . Topics range from the seven MBE topics above, and include Business law (Agency, Corporations, LLC and Partnerships), Commercial law (Commercial paper, Secured Transactions and the Uniformed Commercial Code (UCC)), Conflicts of law, Estates and Probate (Trusts and Wills), and Family Law . </Li> <Li> The Multistate Performance Test (MPT), a "closed - universe" test in which each candidate is required to perform a standard lawyering task, such as a memo or brief . The candidate is provided with a case file and a "library" which contains all of the substantive law required to perform the task (plus some non-relevant material). The MPT is administered on the last Tuesday in each February and July . The NCBE provides two MPT questions for each administration; the UBE uses both . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), a standardized test consisting of 200 multiple - choice questions covering seven (7) key areas of law: Constitutional law, Contracts, Criminal law and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, Real Property and Torts . Examinees have three (3) hours to answer 100 questions in a morning session and the same for an afternoon session . The MBE is administered on the last Wednesday in February and July . </Li> <Li> The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), a uniform though not standardized test that examines a candidate's ability to analyze legal issues and communicate them effectively in writing . The NCBE provides nine possible MEE questions for each bar exam administration; the UBE uses six of these . This exam is administered on the last Tuesday of each February and July . Topics range from the seven MBE topics above, and include Business law (Agency, Corporations, LLC and Partnerships), Commercial law (Commercial paper, Secured Transactions and the Uniformed Commercial Code (UCC)), Conflicts of law, Estates and Probate (Trusts and Wills), and Family Law . </Li>

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