The February 2013 Bar Exam Results: The UBE/MEE Exam Analysis

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The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) consists of six 30-minute questions and 2 Multiple Performance Tests (MPT). States that have the UBE are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The MEE omits the 2 MPT tests, but has nine 30-minute questions. The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) is given in 28 jurisdictions including Arkansas, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

For the February 2013 bar exam, the 6 MEE essays included property, contracts, constitutional law, agency and partnership, evidence and negotiable instruments.

For scoring, each essay and each MPT answer was worth 12 points, raw score. The average raw score per essay was:

Essay 1 - Property: 3.86 = 32%
Essay 2 - Contracts: 5.20 = 43%
Essay 3 – Const. Law: 6.27 = 52%
Essay 4 – Agency/Partnership: 6.65 = 55%
Essay 5 - Evidence: 4.98 = 42%
Essay 6 – Neg. Instr,: 4.05 = 34%
MPT 1 - Martel: 5.27 = 44%
MPT 2 - Fox: 6.21 = 52%

Looking at the essays, it is clear that Property and Negotiable Instruments were the hardest essays. The easiest, Agency/Partnership and Constitutional Law.

For the MPT, the Fox assignment was clearly the easier of the two MPTs.

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