Florida Bar Exam Details

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Bar exam details

A typical Florida Bar Exam is a 2-day exam.

Day 1

• Three essay questions (AM)
• 100 multiple-choice questions (PM)

Day 2

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

Subjects tested

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

Equitable aspects of all subjects tested

• Articles 3 & 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code
• Business Entities
• Chapters 4 & 5 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar
• Contracts
• Criminal Law
• Constitutional Criminal Procedure
• Evidence
• Family Law
• Federal Constitutional Law
• Florida Constitutional Law
• Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
• Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Florida Rules of Judicial Administration
• Professionalism
• Real Property
• Torts
• Trusts
• Wills & Administration of Estates.

• A scaled score of 80 is required. MPRE scores are accepted only if the MPRE and the general bar exam are taken within 25 months of each other.

Scoring

MBE and Florida essay/multiple-choice scores are each weighted 50% in order to determine if applicant has achieved a passing score. An average scaled score of 136 will be required.

If applicant only takes one part of the exam, then a score of 136 or higher must be achieved on that part.