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Nevada Bar Exam Information


Get Detailed Information About The Nevada Bar Exam Including Schedules, Grading, Reciprocity, Fees, Common Questions & More.

The Nevada Bar Exam consists of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), and 7 essay questions. Nevada is one of the few states that doesn't use the UBE (Universal Bar Exam), and a passing score constitutes anything over 138 on a 200-point scale. Unlike other bar exams that are typically two days, the Nevada Bar Exam has two and a half days of testing.

Nevada Essays
Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)

Nevada Essays

The Nevada Essay portion of the exam consists of 7 essay questions, including a required question on legal ethics

Subjects that may be tested on the essay portion include the following: Agency & Partnership, Community Property, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corporations, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Persons and Domestic Relations, Real Property, Remedies, Torts, Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2, 3, and 9), Wills, Estates and Trusts, as well as pleadings and practices under both the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Both fundamental legal principles and Nevada law are tested and may embrace more than a single subject.

Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) is developed by NCBE and consists of two 90-minute items. It is administered by user jurisdictions as part of the bar examination on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and July of each year.

The MPT is designed to test an examinee's ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation and complete a task that a beginning lawyer should be able to accomplish. The MPT is not a test of substantive knowledge. Rather, it is designed to evaluate certain fundamental skills lawyers are expected to demonstrate, regardless of the area of law in which the skills arise.

Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)

The MBE, which is administered on Wednesday, is developed and graded by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE).

This portion of the examination is an objective 6-hour examination containing 200 multiple-choice questions, which is divided into two 3-hour sessions during which 100 questions are administered.

The MBE tests 7 subjects: civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law & procedure, evidence, real property, and torts.

See our MBE Prep Course and our MBE Practice Questions for addtional MBE resources (included in all of our comprehensive bar exam review courses).

Grading

NCBE scores the MBE component of the exam. A passing score of 75 is required in Nevada

  • MBE: 33%
  • Essays: 55.9%
  • MPT: 11.1%

Nevada bar students are required to pass a conduct exam called the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a score of at least 85.

MPRE must be taken within 3 calendar years before or 3 calendar years after the examination that an applicant passes

Results

Results for the February exam are typically released in late-April. Results for the July exam are typically released in late-September.

Reciprocity

MBE Score Transfer

Nevada does not allow for the transfer of MBE Scores.

Admission on Motion

Nevada does not allow for admission on motion,

Schedule

The Nevada Bar Exam is a 3-day exam administered twice a year.

Day AM PM
Tue 3 Essays (3 hours) 2 MPTs (3 hours)
Wed 100 MBE Questions (3 hours) 100 MBE Questions (3 hours)
Thurs 4 Essays (4 hours)  

Subjects Tested

MBE Subjects

  • Civil Procedure
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts
  • Criminal Law & Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Real Property
  • Torts

Essay Subjects

  • Agency & Partnership
  • Community Property
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Criminal Law & Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Persons and Domestic Relations
  • Real Property
  • Remedies
  • Torts
  • Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2,3, and 9)
  • Wills, Estates and Trusts
  • Nevada Civil Procedure
  • Federal Civil Procedure

Filing Deadlines & Fees

  July 26-27, 2022 February 21-22, 2023 July 25-26, 2023
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2022 Oct 1, 2022 TBD
Late Deadline: May 1, 2022* Dec 1, 2022* TBD

*With $550 late fee.

Contact Information

State Bar of Nevada

3100 West Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89102

www.nvbar.org

Phone: 702-382-2200

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