Board of Law Examiners
Kansas Judicial Center
301 SW 10th Street, Room 374
Topeka, KS 66612
785.296.8410
http://www.kscourts.org/
Kansas Bar Exam Format
The Kansas Bar Exam is a two-day exam. Day 1 consists of sixteen Kansas essay questions. Day 2 is the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200-question, multiple-choice exam.
Multistate Edge prepares you for the MBE portion of the Kansas Bar Exam.
Kansas Bar Exam Subjects: Kansas Subjects (MBE Subjects are in bold)
Personal Property, Domestic Relations & Family Law, Business Organizations, Agency & Employment, U.C.C. & Commercial Transactions, Legal Ethics, Corporations, Kansas & Federal Civil Procedure, Wills, Trusts & Administration, Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts
MPRE
A scaled score of 80 on the MPRE prior to or within 180 days of taking the bar exam is required for admission.
Kansas Bar Exam Scoring and Results
MBE and essay scores are scaled and combined to determine if a passing score of 133 was achieved. A minimum MBE score of 115 must be achieved. Results are released in mid-April for the February exam and in mid-September for the July exam.
Click here to see passage results for past Kansas Bar Exams.
Kansas Bar Exam MBE Reciprocity
Applicants may transfer MBE scores of at least 120 from another jurisdiction from either a concurrent exam or an exam within thirteen months prior, provided the applicant passed the exam in that jurisdiction.
Kansas Bar Exam Reciprocity
In order to be eligible for admission without taking the Kansas Bar Exam, the applicant must be a member of a reciprocating state bar, have engaged in the active practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding the application, and not have previously failed a written Kansas Bar Examination.
Kansas Bar Exam Application Deadlines and Fees
Please visit the Board of Law Examiners’ website for details on application deadlines and fees, and for more information on other topics.
*Bar exam information is subject to change without notice; please verify with the bar examiner’s office.
