Idaho Bar Exam Information

Format

Local Essays (4 questions, 45 mins. each) (Mon.)
MEE (6 questions, 30 mins. each)/MPT (2 questions, 1.5 hrs each) (Tues.)
MBE (Wed.)

Subjects

• Business Organizations (Agency & Partnership, Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
• Civil Procedure
• Community Property
• Conflict of Laws
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Ethics
• Equitable Remedies (Equity)
• Evidence
• Family Law
• Real Property including water rights
• Torts
• UCC Articles I, II, III & IX
• Wills, Estates and Trusts (Decedent's Estates and Trusts, Future Interests)

Grading

Passing Score (with MBE)—1680 out of 2400
Passing Score (without MBE)—1120 out of 1600

• Initial grades on essays use a 100-point scale and are then weighted to reflect the amount of testing time.
--MEE questions have a weight of 1 and the maximum weighted grade remains 100 points for each essay.
--Idaho essay questions are increased by 150%, with a maximum weighted grade of 150 points (i.e., a score of 70 would be converted to 105 points).
--MPT questions are increased by 200% (i.e., a score of 70 would be converted to 140 points).
• Total weighted essay grade is 1600 (MEE—600, MPT—400, Idaho Essays—600)
• Total weighted essay score is scaled to the MBE and combined with the scaled MBE score (for those applicants who took the MBE). Essay performance represents 2/3 of the total score and the MBE is the remaining 1/3.

An applicant whose score falls within the range of 66 2/3 to 7-% of the highest possible score is reviewed.
• Reevaluation Range:
— Essay and MBE: 1600–1679.9
— Essay Only: 1066–1119.9

Contact Information

Bar Exam Dates & Locations

Feb. 23-25, 2009; July 27-29, 2009

February – Boise