LibGuides: Preparing for the Bar Exam: MS

Mississippi Bar Resources

Regent Law Faculty are absolutely committed to preparing students for their state's bar exam.

This guide is designed to complement, and should not be used to replace a formal bar exam preparatory course or information posted for current students by the Office of Career & Alumni Services.

♦ Mississippi Bar Exam Information

♦ Rules Governing Admission

♦ Previous MS Essay Questions and Analyses

♦ MEE Questions & Analysis

» MEE Subject Testing Frequency Chart

♦ MBE Sample Questions (scroll to end)

♦ MPT Recent Summaries & Older Questions w/ Point Sheets (scroll to end)

Elective Courses that Support MEE Subjects

Conflict of Laws

Family Law

Sales (UCC1)

Secured Transactions (UCC2)

Wills, Trusts & Estates

Mississippi - MBE + MEE + MPT + MPRE

This state has adopted all four parts of the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), but is not currently a UBE state for purposes of reciprocity.

Official Information	Subjects	Questions
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)	♦ Civil Procedure ♦ Constitutional Law ♦ Contracts – Includes UCC Art. 2 ♦ Criminal Law & Procedure ♦ Evidence ♦ Real Property ♦ Torts	• 200 multiple choice • Questions evenly distributed among the six subjects • Two 3-hour sessions
Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)	All of the subjects above, plus: ♦ Business Associations ♦ Conflict of Laws ♦ Family Law ♦ Trusts and Estates ♦ UCC 2 (Secured Transactions)	• Six 30-minute essays • Any combination of possible subjects
Multistate Performance Test (MPT)	♦ Problem solving ♦ Legal Analysis and Reasoning ♦ Factual Analysis ♦ Communication ♦ Organization and Management of a legal task ♦ Recognizing and resolving ethical dilemmas	• Two 90-minute exercises • Tests "fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation."
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)	♦ Model Rules of Professional Conduct ♦ Model Code of Judicial Conduct	• 60 multiple choice • 2 hours