This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Winter 2024-2025 (Vol. 93, No. 4), pp. 5-6.
November 2024 MPRE
November 2024 MPRE Examinees: 19,736
Number of MPRE Examinees, 2020–2024
The values in this chart reflect valid scores available electronically as of 1/15/25.
November 2024 MPRE Mean Scores: 95.6
(score scale 50–150)
MPRE Mean Scores, 2020–2024
MPRE Standard Deviations
| Year | March | August | October/November |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.8 |
| 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 |
MPRE scores are reported on a scale ranging from 50 to 150. The values reflect valid scores available electronically as of 1/15/25.Comparability of results may be limited due to fluctuations in examinee counts.
NCBE’s 2024–2025 Policy Committees
NCBE is advised by the 90 members of its 10 policy committees, who are appointed each August. Policy committee members include current and former bar examiners, bar admission administrators and staff, justices, and judges representing 43 jurisdictions.
For a list of NCBE’s policy committee members, visit thebarexaminer.ncbex.org/article/fall-2024/2024-2025-ncbe-policy-committees/.
NextGen Bar Exam
NextGen bar exam development and implementation include multiple stages of research to test new question types and content and to establish administration and scoring processes.
These 3 stages are:
- Pilot testing
- Field testing
- Prototype testing
Field Testing
The NextGen field test was administered on January 26 and 27, 2024, to 4,016 final-year law students and recent law graduates at 88 volunteer law schools across the United States.
Three types of questions were included on the field test:
- Multiple-choice questions
- Integrated question sets
- Performance tasks
Visit this link for results of the field testing phase.
Prototype Testing
The NextGen prototype exam was administered on two weekends in October 2024 to 2,044 participants from 51 US jurisdictions who had taken the July 2024 bar exam.
32 jurisdictions hosted the prototype exam at 36 locations.
Participants were graduates of law schools in 51 US jurisdictions and a total of 32 countries, including the United States, representing a total of 286 law schools. Participants also included 1 who had completed Vermont’s Law Office Study Program and 2 who had completed Washington’s Law Clerk Program in lieu of attending law school.
Visit this link for a list of the 286 law schools from which prototype participants graduated.
For the results of the pilot testing phase, visit nextgenbarexam.ncbex.org/reports/research-brief-pilot-testing/.
For more about the three NextGen research phases, see “Pilot Testing, Field Testing, and Prototype Testing: A Look at the Interconnected Research Phases for the New Bar Exam.”
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