Bar Examination Resources

*** Important Notice re:  July 2020 PA Bar Exam:  In light of COVID-19, the July 2020 PA Bar Exam has been moved to September 9 and 10, 2020.  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has authorized a limited license for July 2020 PA Bar Exam applicants.  More information can be found here.

• ESSAY EXAMINATION consists of six essay questions that cover one or more of the following subjects:
  • Business Organizations (including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and professional corporations)
  • Employment Discrimination (limited to Title VII, ADA, and ADEA)
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Civil Procedure (Pennsylvania and federal)
  • Evidence (Pennsylvania and federal)
  • Real Property
  • Criminal Law (including related Pennsylvania and federal constitutional issues and DUI)
  • Family Law
  • Torts
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Federal Constitutional Law
  • U.C.C., Art. II — Sales
  • Contracts
  • Federal Income Taxes (personal only and limited to taxable and non-taxable income, deductions, proprietorships, and capital transactions)
  • Wills, Trusts and Decedents' Estates (including related fiduciary responsibilities)
• PERFORMANCE TEST: one Performance Test (PT) question, developed by the Board, may be used in lieu of a Multistate Performance Test question as a component of the essay portion of the bar examination. The Performance Test (PT) is intended to test an applicant's ability to use basic skills that a lawyer should possess to perform a task that a newly admitted attorney would be expected to perform.
• MULTISTATE BAR EXAM (MBE) consists of 200 multiple choice questions that cover the following subjects:
  • Civil Procedure
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts
  • Criminal Law & Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Real Property
  • Torts