Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions
1510 Newton Pike, Suite 156
Lexington, KY 40511
859.246.2381
http://www.kyoba.org
Kentucky Bar Exam Format
The Kentucky Bar Exam is a two-day exam. Day 1 consists of six Kentucky essay questions and six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) 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 Kentucky Bar Exam.
Kentucky Bar Exam Subjects: Kentucky/MEE Subjects (MBE Subjects are in bold)
Administrative Law & Procedure, Agency, Conflict of Laws, Corporations, Domestic Relations, Federal Taxation, Kentucky & Federal Civil Procedure, Partnerships, Personal Property, U.C.C., Wills, Trusts & Future Interests, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts
MPRE
A scaled score of 75 on the MPRE prior to taking the bar exam is required for admission.
Kentucky Bar Exam Scoring and Results
An applicant must achieve a minimum MBE scaled score of 132 and 75% of the possible points on the essay section in order to pass. Results are released in mid-April for the February exam and in mid-October for the July exam.
Click here to see passage results for past Kentucky Bar Exams.
Kentucky Bar Exam MBE Reciprocity
An applicant may transfer an MBE scaled score of at least 132 from another jurisdiction received within the previous three years.
Kentucky Bar Exam Reciprocity
In order to be eligible for admission without taking the Kentucky Bar Exam, the applicant must be a member of a reciprocating state bar and have engaged in the active practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding the application, have qualifications at the time of original admission sufficient to allow for exam in Kentucky, and be a graduate of an ABA-accredited law school.
Kentucky Bar Exam Application Deadlines and Fees
Please visit the Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions’ 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.
