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Format: Exam requires 2.5 days, as follows: Essay Exam: 1.5 days .5 day (three-hours): three "long" essay questions .5 day (three hours): Six "short" essays .5 day (three hours): Two MPT questions MBE: two 3-hour sessions of 100 questions
Essay Exam: • Business Organizations (corporations, partnerships, associations) • Civil Procedure • Constitutional Law (State and Federal) • Contracts (including Chapter 2 of the U.C.C.) • Criminal Law and Procedure • Evidence • Family Law • Real Property
Passing score--140.00 or higher (the weighted essay score converted by the standard deviation method combined with the MBE scaled score by simple averaging)
Essay scores are weighted as follows: • 30% from three long essays; • 45% from six short essays; • 25% from two MPTs (12.5% for each MPT question).
The essay exam and the MBE are each weighted at 50% of the total score.
Committee of Law Examiners Alaska Bar Association 550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1900 P.O. Box 100279 Anchorage, AK 99510-0279 (907) 272-7469
Feb. 24-26, 2009 July 28-30, 2009
Examinations begin on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and July of each year. The MBE is given on the last Wednesday in February and July of each year
