This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Summer 2025 (Vol. 94, No. 2), p. 6.

March 2025 MPRE

March 2025 MPRE Examinees: 20,239

Number of MPRE Examinees, 2021–2025

Number of MPRE examinees, 2021–2025, split between March, August, and November subtotals. 2021: 18,078 (March), 18,615 (August), 19,804 (November); 2019: 19,138 (March), 17,066 (August), 22,165 (November/October); 2022: 19,206 (March), 18,219 (August), 19,584 (November); 2023: 20,184 (March), 19,005 (August), 21,275 (November); 2024: 21,029 (March), 18,094 (August),19,736 (November); 2025: 20,239 (March).”

March 2025 MPRE Mean Score: 93.9

MPRE Mean Scaled Scores, 2021–2025

MPRE Standard DeviationsMPRE mean scores, 2021–2025, split between exam administrations. 2021: 99.0 (March), 96.2 (August), 97.5 (November); 2022: 95.6 (March), 96.0 (August), 97.2 (November); 2023: 94.9 (March), 96.9 (August), 98.0 (November/October); 2024: 97.1 (March), 97.0 (August), 95.6 (November); 2025: 93.9 (March)

Year March August November
2021 18.7 19.1 19.3
2022 18.6 18.5 19.3
2023 19.2 19.7 18.8
2024 19.6 18.6 18.6
2025 19.2    

MPRE scores are reported on a scale ranging from 50 to 150. The values reflect valid scores available electronically as of 4/25/25.Comparability of results may be limited due to fluctuations in examinee counts.

 

2025 Annual Bar Admissions Conference

May 1–4, 2025, Seattle, Washington

Graphics alt text: icons representing stats listed in paragraph text: 375 total attendees (blue silhouette); 79 first-time attendees (green silhouette with plus symbol); 47 speakers (red microphone icon); 18 sessions (orange icon of silhouettes around table); 53 justices from jurisdictions’ highest courts (teal icon of gavel and block); 56 jurisdictions represented (map icon of continental US plus Hawaii and Alaska)The 2025 NCBE Annual Bar Admissions Conference drew 375 attendees representing all 56 US jurisdictions, including 53 justices from jurisdictions’ highest courts and 79 first-time conference attendees.

Among the attendees were 47 speakers who presented at 18 sessions (3 plenary sessions and 15 breakout sessions) over the course of the conference.

For details about the conference sessions and speakers, click here.

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