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Arizona Bar Exam Information

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ABOUT THE BAR EXAM

Format

Essay Exam (Tuesday):
12 questions: six in the morning and six in the afternoon; suggested answering time—30 minutes each

MBE (Wednesday):
Six hours, containing 200 multiple-choice questions: 100 in the morning and 100 in the afternoon

Subjects

• Contracts (including U.C.C., NOT Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)
• Torts
• Criminal Law
• Constitutional aspects of Criminal Procedure
• Corporations
• Partnerships
• Business Organizations
• Wills and Trusts
• Professional Responsibilities

• Civil Procedure (Arizona and federal)
• Constitutional Law (Arizona and federal
• Evidence
• Real Property

• Community Property

Grading

Passing score--a minimum combined score of 410 points

Each essay exam answer receives a grade from 0 (lowest) to 6 (highest). Each grade is then multiplied by 1.5 to yield a point value between 0 and 9. Essay points are totaled and scaled to the MBE portion of the examination following the standard deviation method.

The MBE scaled score and essay scaled score are added together, with the essay portion receiving twice as much weight as the MBE portion. The maximum possible score is 600 (400 on essay portion and 200 on MBE).

GENERAL BAR EXAM INFORMATION

Contact Information

Committee on Examinations, Committee on Character and Fitness
1501 W. Washington, Suite 104
Phoenix, AZ 85007-3231
(602) 452-3971

http://www.supreme.state.az.us/admis/

Bar Exam Dates & Locations

Feb. 24 and 25, 2009; July 29 and 29, 2009
(the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July)

July 2008 bar exam given at:
Tucson Convention Center

260 S. Church Avenue Tucson, Arizona

 

AZ Bar Review Snapshot
Format: Essay Exam (Tuesday)—12 questions: six in the morning and six in the afternoon; suggested answering time—30 minutes each.
MBE (Wednesday)—Six hours, containing 200 multiple-choice questions: 100 in the morning and 100 in the afternoon.
Feb. 24 and 25, 2009; July 29 and 29, 2009 (the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July). July 2008 bar exam given at: Tucson Convention Center 260 S. Church Avenue Tucson, Arizona.