Minnesota Bar Exam: A Basic Guide

Basic Information About the Minnesota Bar Exam

By Eisla Sebastian, published Jul 11, 2006
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If you are planning on taking the Minnesota Bar Exam you will need to educate yourself on what is expected of Minnesota Bar Candidates.  First doing well on one section of the Minnesota Bar Exam is not good enough to ensure that you will pass the entire exam.  To pass the Minnesota Bar Exam you will need to meet minimum scores for both sections of the exam.  Also if you plan on using your laptop to take the Minnesota Bar Exam you will need to download the SoftTest software before you arrive for the test, and you will need it set up and ready to go by the time you arrive at the test center.  More information about these two issues can be found at the Minnesota Board of Law Examiners' website listed below.  The rest of this article will go over the basics of preparing for the Minnesota Bar Exam including the qualifications needed to sit for the exam, the format of the exam, the topics covered on the exam, as well as where you can find free study materials online.

QUALIFICATIONS

The state of Minnesota has several qualifications to sit for the Minnesota Bar Exam. The first requirement is that the candidate must be at least 18 years of age. Next they must be of good moral character. To meet the educational requirements to sit for the Minnesota Bar Exam the candidate must have graduated from an ABA approved law school, and they must have earned a JD or an LLB degree. The final set of requirements is a set of pre-Bar Exam tests that the candidate must take and pass before they can sit for the Minnesota Bar Exam. First they must pass a written exam or qualify under Rules 7A, 7B, 8,9, or 10, and then they must take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam and pass it with a score of at least 85 points.

REGISTERING FOR THE EXAM

To register to sit for the Minnesota Bar Exam you will need to download, print out, complete, and submit an application package. These can be found on the Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners’ website.

Board of Law Examiners
Minnesota Judicial Center
25 Constitution Ave., Suite 110
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 297-1800 Local Telephone Number
http://www.ble.state.mn.us

 
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  • The MN Bar Exm includes one MPT questions.
  • The MN Bar Exam includes six essay questions.
  • The MN Bar Exam includes the MBE.
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You will need to take the MPRE to sit for the MN Bar Exam.
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You are correct in saying that the Minnesota Bar Exam does not specifically cover Minnesota Laws. The Minnesota Essay Exam will cover general legal topics and will be written by non-Minnesota legal professionals. I did not mean for the study material section to be a definitive list of what to study, only as a guide for finding legal references for this state. The Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedures, Criminal Procedures, and Codes are all sites that contain pertinant professional information for legal professionals in Minnesota. For federal civil procedures study materials you can access the following link http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/, and for federal criminal procedures you can access this site http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/. The most important information provided in this article are the lists of topics that are covered on the Minnesota Bar Exam. These are the topics that Minnesota Bar Candidates shoudl study, as they are what the Bar Examiners state will be

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Posted on 07/17/2006 at 9:07:00 AM

 
I need to make a slight clarification to the MPRE requirement listed above. You don't have to take the MPRE before you sit for the Minnesota Bar Exam. However, you do need to take it before you apply for Bar Admittance. If you have not taken the MPRE when you are ready to submit your application you will need to comply to the rules set out for no-MPRE score applicants. You can find more information about this MPRE topics as well as general MPRE requirement information at http://www.ble.state.mn.us/rules.html.

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Posted on 07/13/2006 at 11:07:00 AM

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