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Colorado Bar Exam Information

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ABOUT THE BAR EXAM

Format

The examination consists of the MBE (Wednesday) and a written essay and performance test (Tuesday). All Class B applicants must take all portions of the exam.

Essay portion:
• 9 short questions (5 in the morning session and 4 in the afternoon)
• Total time alloted: 3 hours, 45 minutes (an average of 25 minutes per question)
• Answer to each question must use no more than front and back of 8 1/2 x 11 answer sheet

MBE portion:

•6-hour multiple-choice test consisting of 200 questions. It is divided into a 3-hour morning session and a 3-hour afternoon session.

Subjects

• Business Associations (Agency, Partnership, and Corporations)
• Civil Procedure (may include CO state law issues)
• Commercial Transactions (including Secured Transactions, Sales, Negotiable Instruments)
• Contracts
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Evidence
• Family Law (may include CO state law issues)
• Public Law (including Constitutional and Administrative Law)
• Real Property
• Torts

• Wills, Estates, & Trusts

Grading

Performance test score equals approximately 40% of the total combined essay/PT score (one PT question is worth the same as about three essays). Point totals are equated and added to arrive at a raw total. The raw score total is scaled to the MBE on a 200 point scoring range and then added to the MBE scale score. The formula for determining the total bar exam score is:
MBE Scale Score + (Essay Scale Score + PT Scale Score) = Bar Exam Score

Passing score--276 scale points (of a possible 400)

An examinee who fails by three or fewer points (a score of 273, 274, or 275) may request that some answers be regraded. Persons scoring 276 or above on the first grading, but who do not achieve a passing score after regrade may request that some answers be regraded.

GENERAL BAR EXAM INFORMATION

Contact Information

Colorado Supreme Court
Board of Law Examiners
1560 Broadway Street, Suite 1820
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 866-6626

http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/BLE/ble_home.htm

Bar Exam Dates & Locations

Feb. 24-25, 2009; July 28-29, 2009

In Denver metro area, at one location only

 

CO Bar Review Snapshot
Format—The examination consists of the MBE (Wednesday) and a written essay and performance test (Tuesday). All Class B applicants must take all portions of the exam.
Essay portion: 9 short questions (5 in the morning session and 4 in the afternoon);
Total time alloted: 3 hours, 45 minutes (an average of 25 minutes per question);
Answer to each question must use no more than front and back of 8 1/2 x 11 answer sheet;
MBE portion: 6-hour multiple-choice test consisting of 200 questions. It is divided into a 3-hour morning session and a 3-hour afternoon session.
Feb. 24-25, 2009; July 28-29, 2009;
In Denver metro area, at one location only.