NJ Bar study guide
NJ Bar · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The New Jersey Bar Examination is the licensing exam that a candidate must pass to be admitted to the practice of law in New Jersey. It is administered by the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners, an arm of the state judiciary, and it is intended for law graduates and qualifying attorneys who seek a New Jersey law license. The exam tests the multistate subjects in the MBE, the essay subjects tested on the MEE, and lawyering skills through the MPT. Preparation should begin early and follow a schedule that cycles through all three components rather than isolating one. Topics on this exam: Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) subjects, Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) subjects, and Multistate Performance Test (MPT). The NJ Bar study guide has 3 sections and about 1,079 words.
01MBE: Multistate Bar Examination
The MBE is the UBE's six-hour, 200-question multiple-choice component: 175 questions are scored and 25 are unscored pretest items. In New Jersey it counts for 50% of the UBE score. Each of seven subjects-Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts-contributes 25 scored questions. Questions test general doctrine applied to short facts; local New Jersey law is not tested.
371 words, about 2 min02MEE: Multistate Essay Examination
The MEE is the UBE's three-hour essay component: six questions, each designed for 30 minutes, worth 30% of the New Jersey UBE score. It tests issue spotting and written analysis in the MBE subjects plus Business Associations, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, and Secured Transactions under UCC Article 9. Answers should state the rule, apply it to the facts, address counterarguments where useful, and conclude. Business Associations: agency creation and authority; partnership formation, fiduciary duties, dissociation; corporation formation, promoter liability, veil piercing; LLC member management.
372 words, about 2 min03MPT: Multistate Performance Test
The MPT is the UBE's two-part performance component: two 90-minute tasks worth 20% of the New Jersey UBE score. Each task supplies a File of facts and a Library of authorities. You must produce a practical work product-office memo, brief, client letter, contract provision, discovery plan, or similar-using only the Library. The MPT tests legal analysis, fact analysis, problem solving, organization, and writing, not memorized doctrine.
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