NCBE Releases National Mean for August 2026 MPRE
MADISON, WISCONSIN, September 23, 2026—The national mean scaled score for the August 2026 MPRE was 95.4, approximately 0.9 points lower than the August 2025 mean of 96.3. The August 2026 mean reflects the performance of 18,709 examinees, 1,400 fewer than the August 2025 examinee count of 20,109. The MPRE is a two-hour, 60-question multiple-choice […]
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 […]
