Teaching to Prepare Students for Practice and the NextGen UBE
This article will also appear in the Fall 2026 issue of The Bar Examiner.By Michael Hunter Schwartz Imagine you are a law professor teaching a bar-tested, doctrinal course. Your learning outcomes include students (1) learning key doctrinal concepts in the field; (2) developing lawyering skills characteristic of lawyers who practice in that field to a […]
NCBE Announces National Mean for July 2026 MBE
MADISON, WISCONSIN, September 1, 2026—The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced today that the national mean scaled score for the July 2026 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) was 140.7, a decrease of about 1.7 points compared to the July 2025 mean of 142.4. The MBE, which consists of 200 multiple-choice questions answered over six hours, […]
NCBE Announces National Mean for February 2026 MBE
MADISON, WISCONSIN, March 25, 2026—The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced today that the national mean scaled score for the February 2026 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) was 131.2. The MBE, one of three sections that make up the bar exam in most US jurisdictions, consists of 200 multiple-choice questions answered over six hours. […]
North Carolina to Administer NextGen UBE Beginning in July 2028
Media contact: communications@ncbex.org Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, January 22, 2026—North Carolina has announced that it will administer the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (NextGen UBE) beginning in July 2028. Forty-eight US jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the new exam. The NextGen UBE is being developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which currently develops bar […]
New Jersey to Administer NextGen UBE Beginning in July 2028
Media contact: communications@ncbex.org Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, November 18, 2025—New Jersey has announced that it will administer the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (NextGen UBE) beginning in July 2028. Forty-seven US jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the new exam. The NextGen UBE is being developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which currently develops bar […]
Michigan to Administer NextGen UBE Beginning in July 2028
Media contact: communications@ncbex.org Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, November 4, 2025—Michigan has announced that it will administer the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (NextGen UBE) beginning in July 2028. Forty-six US jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the new exam. The NextGen UBE is being developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which currently develops bar exam […]
