Previous Bar Exams

Exams

The circulation desk has past exams, sample questions and answers, instructions and answer key, a score conversion table, and more from the MBE, MEE, MPT, MPRE and Kansas essay exams.

Bar exam materials may be checked out from the Reserve desk for two (2) hours. The items are for library use only. Patrons may make copies of all materials using our copiers on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the library.

Previous bar exams available on Reserve:

Multistate Bar Exam (MBE): This is a six hour, 200 question multiple-choice exam administered in most states.
Multistate Essay Exam (MEE): This is part of most states' exams. Each state focuses the types of questions differently. See the individual state bar examiners web sites for that information.
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE): To apply, click here.
Multistate Performance Test (MPT): given in many states. Click here for general information about the MPT.
Kansas state sample essay questions and answers by subject.
Patent Bar Exam. See the US Patent and Trademark Office for more information and sample exams.

Exam Preparation

Books for bar exam preparation are also available in the law library. These books may be checked out and can be found in the library's catalog "ATLAS" system. This list is from a search made on 7-11-05 and shows books available at the law library only. There are more books that are available in other libraries.

How to pass the bar exam. J. P. Davis. KF303.D38 1989.
Scoring high on bar exam essays. Mary Campbell Gallagher. KF303.G35 1991.
You can pass any bar exam. Edna Wells Handy. KF303.H25 1997.
The best preparation and review course, patent bar exam: for registration to practice before the US Patent Office. Staff of Research & Education Association. KF3165.B47 2000
Strategies & tactics for the MBE: multistate bar exam. KF303.S773 1997.
Mastering the MBE: test-taking strategies for scoring high on the multistate bar exam. John J. Talamo. KF303.T35 2002.
Strategies & tactics for the MBE: multistate bar exam. Kimm Walton and Steve Emanuel. KF303.S773 2003.
The bar exam in a nutshell. Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus. KF303.D37 2003.
Bar Bri Digest. KF303.B37.
Bar Preparation Seminar Videorecording.
My Cousin Vinny [videorecording]. 20th Century Fox. by Dale Launer.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners lists the bar admission statistics, including links to bar admission offices for the individual states. They also keep an updated list of states showing which of the four tests (MBE, MEE, MPRE, and MPT) are required. Click here and choose the question at the top that reads, "Which jurisdictions use the MPT?"

Jurist Legal Intelligence offers general information and links to the states as well.

See our own Washlaw page for reading materials, and popular bar review courses.