Office of Bar Admissions
65 South Front St., 5th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3431
614.387.9340
http://www.sconet.state.oh.us
Ohio Bar Exam Format
The Ohio Bar Exam is a three- day exam. Day 1 consists of six Ohio essay questions and two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions. Day 2 is the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200-question, multiple-choice exam. Day 3 consists of an additional six Ohio essay questions.
Multistate Edge prepares you for the MBE portion of the Ohio Bar Exam.
Ohio Bar Exam Subjects: Ohio Subjects (MBE Subjects are in bold)
Business Associations (Agency, Corporations & Partnerships), Civil Procedure, Commercial Transactions (Commercial Paper & Secured Transactions), Legal Ethics, Personal Property, Wills, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts
MPRE
A scaled score of 85 on the MPRE is required for admission.
Ohio Bar Exam Scoring and Results
The MBE is weighted 1/3, the written portion is weighted 2/3, and the scores are scaled and combined to determine if a passing score of 405 out of a possible 600 points was achieved. Results are released in early May for the February exam and in early November for the July exam.
Click here to see passage results for past Ohio Bar Exams.
Ohio Bar Exam MBE Reciprocity
Ohio does not accept MBE scores from other jurisdictions.
Ohio Bar Exam Reciprocity
In order to be eligible for admission without taking the Ohio Bar Exam, an applicant must meet general admission requirements, have graduated from an ABA-accredited law school, have passed a bar exam and been admitted in another jurisdiction, have engaged in the active practice of law on a full time basis for five of the ten years immediately preceding the application, and intend to actively practice in Ohio. The applicant may not have previously failed the Ohio Bar Exam.
Ohio Bar Exam Application Deadlines and Fees
Please visit the 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
