March 2019 MPRE
19,138 March 2019 MPRE Examinees
Number of MPRE Examinees 2015–2019
March 2019 MPRE Mean Score 93.8 (score scale 50–150)
MPRE Mean Score 2015–2019
Standard Deviations
| March | August | November | |
| 2015 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 17.5 |
| 2016 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 17.3 |
| 2017 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 17.4 |
| 2018 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 18.2 |
| 2019 | 17.9 | — | — |
MPRE scores are reported on a scale ranging from 50 to 150. The values reflect valid scores available electronically as of 7/24/19 on both standard and alternative forms of the MPRE.
2019 Annual Bar Admissions Conference
May 2–5, 2019, San Francisco, California
The 2019 NCBE Annual Bar Admissions Conference drew 381 attendees representing 54 jurisdictions, including 39 state Supreme Court justices and 98 first-time conference attendees. Among the attendees were 42 speakers who presented at 22 sessions over the course of the conference. For details about the sessions, see this issue’s conference summary.
36 UBE Jurisdictions
33 jurisdictions currently administer the UBE.
3 jurisdictions will begin administering the UBE at a future administration (Arkansas, February 2020; Ohio, July 2020; Texas, February 2021).
Note: The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) results in a portable score that can be used to apply for admission in other UBE jurisdictions.
In what order did jurisdictions adopt the UBE?
Note: UBE jurisdictions are listed in order of adoption, not in order of first administration.
NCBE’s Testing Task Force
From November 2018 through June 2019, over 400 people from across the country participated in 30 in-person and virtual stakeholder listening sessions conducted by NCBE’s Testing Task Force to gather feedback on NCBE’s current tests.
As of July 31, 2019, 53 jurisdictions have agreed to distribute the Task Force’s nationwide practice analysis survey to its attorneys.
Read more about the Task Force’s stakeholder listening sessions and practice analysis survey in this issue’s Quarterly Update.
