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Hon. Shellie K. Park-Hoapili has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). NCBE develops the licensing tests used by most states for admission to the bar.

Darin Scheer has been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). NCBE develops the licensing tests used by most states for admission to the bar.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced today that the national mean scaled score for the July 2024 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) was 141.8, an increase of about 1.3 points compared to the July 2023 mean of 140.5 and the highest July MBE mean since 2013, excluding the summer and fall 2020 administrations.

The Indiana Supreme Court will implement the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028. 23 jurisdictions in total have now announced plans to adopt the new exam.

Georgia law school graduates are busy taking the Multistate Bar Exam today, but four years from now, candidates for admission to the bar in Georgia will sit for a new exam: Georgia has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2028. A total of 22 jurisdictions have now announced plans to adopt the new exam.

The Florida Supreme Court has approved a recommendation from the Florida Board of Bar Examiners to adopt the NextGen bar exam starting in July 2028. With Florida’s news, 21 jurisdictions in total have now announced plans to adopt the new exam.

The deadline for public comments on the preliminary NextGen bar exam family law subject matter outline has been extended to August 8, 2024.

NCBE is pleased to share the preliminary NextGen bar exam family law subject matter outline.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has issued an order establishing that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2027; 20 jurisdictions in total have now announced plans to adopt the new exam.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) has published its first analysis of NextGen bar exam performance data, focused on the pilot testing phase, one of three stages of implementation research being conducted in preparation for the launch of the NextGen bar exam. Insights gained through pilot testing have already been used to inform the development of the new exam, which will be administered for the first time in July 2026.

Illinois has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in 2028; 19 jurisdictions in total have now announced plans to adopt the new exam. Illinois has not yet finalized whether its first administration will be in February or July of 2028.

The national mean scaled score for the March 2024 MPRE was 97.1, 2.2 points higher than the March 2023 mean of 94.9. The March 2024 mean reflects the performance of 21,029 examinees, 845 more than the March 2023 examinee count of 20,184.

Tennessee has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam beginning in July 2027, bringing the total number of jurisdictions that have announced their intent to adopt the new exam to eighteen.

Hon. Phyllis D. Thompson will be honored by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) with a CLEO EDGE award at a reception and awards program next week in Washington, DC.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced today that the national mean scaled score for the February 2024 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) was 131.8, an increase of more than 0.6 points compared to the February 2023 mean of 131.1. 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.

The Supreme Court of Washington announced plans to adopt the NextGen bar exam, bringing the total number of jurisdictions that have announced their intent to adopt the new exam to seventeen.

Two states announced plans this week to adopt the NextGen bar exam, bringing the total number of jurisdictions that have announced their intent to adopt the new exam to sixteen. Minnesota intends to first administer the exam in July 2027, and Colorado will hold its first administration in July 2028.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) has published its 2023 Year in Review, now available on the NCBE website.

Kansas has announced that it will administer the NextGen bar exam, joining thirteen other jurisdictions that have announced their intent to adopt the new exam. Kansas will first administer the NextGen exam in July 2028.

4,124 participants from 88 law schools in 41 jurisdictions recently participated in a nationwide field test for the NextGen bar exam, providing exam developers and psychometric experts at the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) with key data and feedback on new question types that will appear on the exam.