MADISON, WISCONSIN, May 8, 2025—The national mean scaled score for the March 2025 MPRE was 93.9, 3.2 points lower than the March 2024 mean of 97.1. The March 2025 mean reflects the performance of 20,239 examinees, 790 fewer than the March 2024 examinee count of 21,029. The MPRE is a two-hour, 60-question multiple-choice examination […]

  Media contact: communications@ncbex.org  Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, May 7, 2025—Rhode Island has announced that it intends to administer the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (NextGen UBE) beginning in July 2028. Forty jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the NextGen exam. The NextGen UBE is being developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which currently develops bar […]

  Media contact: communications@ncbex.org Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, April 7, 2025—The Delaware Supreme Court has approved a recommendation from the Delaware Board of Bar Examiners to administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in February 2028. Thirty-nine jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the NextGen exam. The NextGen bar exam is being developed by the National Conference of […]

  Media contact: communications@ncbex.org  Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, March 25, 2025—Massachusetts has announced that it intends to administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028. Thirty-eight jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the NextGen exam. The NextGen bar exam is being developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), which currently develops bar exam content […]

  Media contact: communications@ncbex.org  Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources MADISON, WISCONSIN, March 11, 2025—Texas is moving forward with plans to administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028. Thirty-seven jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the NextGen exam. In 2024, Texas was the third-largest jurisdiction by number of bar examinees in the US (behind only New York […]

  Media contact: communications@ncbex.org  Fact sheet and image: https://www.ncbex.org/media-resources  MADISON, WISCONSIN, March 6, 2025—The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands has announced that it intends to administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2026. Thirty-six jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the NextGen exam. The NextGen bar exam is being developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners […]