RULE VI(B) - Bar Examination - Preparing, Conducting, and Grading Examinations

Sep 21, 2026

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Rules governing admission to the Alabama State Bar, focusing on Rule VI(B). It defines the bar examination structure, including the Academic Bar Examination with the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) components and the Legal Ethics examination using the MPRE. It requires applicants to pass both parts and complete a course on Alabama law. The document also specifies preparation, administration, scoring, confidentiality of personal identification numbers, grading standards, reporting deadlines, and procedures for failing applicants to review and request copies of answers.

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Rule VI(B) - Bar Examination

A. Bar Examination Subjects

B. Preparing, Conducting, and Grading Examinations

(1) Preparing Examinations

(2) Conducting Examinations

(3) Grading Examinations

C. Results of Examinations

(1) Basic Rule

RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE ALABAMA STATE BAR Rule VI(B) . Bar Examination . A . Bar Examination Subjects . (1) Academic Bar Examination . Beginning with the Bar Examination given in July 2014, the Academic Bar Examination shall consist of the Uniform Bar Examination ("the UBE") . The UBE is prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and includes the Multistate Essay Examination ("the MEE"), the Multistate Performance Test ("the MPT"), and the Multistate Bar Examination ("the MBE") . (2) Legal Ethics Examination . The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination ("the MPRE," see Rule VI(B)E) prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners shall be used as the examination on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility . An applicant must pass both the Academic Bar Examination and the Legal Ethics Examination to be certified as a successful candidate. (3) Course on Alabama Law . Before being admitted to the practice of law in Alabama, all applicants shall complete a course on Alabama law, the content and delivery of which shall be determined by the Board of Bar Examiners . B . Preparing, Conducting, and Grading Examinations . (1) Preparing Examinations . The MBE, the MEE, and the MPTwill be prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, which shall determine the contents of those examinations and test . (2) Conducting Examinations . The Board of Bar Examiners shall have the right, power, and authority to adopt rules consistent with the laws of the State of Alabama or orders of the Supreme Court or the Board of Bar Commissioners governing the control, methods, and details of conducting examinations. RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE ALABAMA STATE BAR The Secretary of the Alabama State Bar, at the time an applicant is certified to the Board of Bar Examiners under these rules, shall issue to the applicant a card containing a personal-identification number, the purpose and use of which shall be carefully explained to the applicant. The Secretary shall preserve a duplicate of that number in the Secretary's office. When taking the MEE and the MPT, the applicant may not sign his or her name to or upon any paper or documents, or identify his or her examination answers other than by that number or by such method as is required by the National Conference of Bar Examiners to identify UBE scores, and is forbidden to disclose that number to any member of the Board orto any other person . If any applicant violates this requirement in any particular, the Board of Bar Examiners shall not consider the applicant's examination papers, and if it be discovered that disclosure of the number was made, the applicant shall be subject to disciplinary action for deceit and misrepresentation. This requirement shall again be called to the attention of the applicant by the Board of Bar Examiners before the applicant is permitted to begin the examination. The express purpose of the immediately preceding paragraph is to provide a method by which the Board of Bar Examiners, in passing upon the sufficiency of answers to questions propounded by it, shall be unacquainted with the identity of the person whose answers it is passing upon . (3) Grading Examinations . MEE and MPT questions will test the applicant's ability to reason logically, to analyze legal problems accurately, to demonstrate a knowledge of the fundamental principles of law, to be able to apply those principles, and to perform basic legal tasks . The grade of the paper shall be measured by the reasoning power shown as well as by the correctness or incorrectness of the answers. Answers to MEE questions shall be analyzed and graded using the model answers provided by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and according to general principles of law . MEE and MPT questions will be scored by the Board of Bar Examiners . Using the personal-identification numbers assigned to identify the respective applicants, the Board of Bar Examiners RULES

FAQs

What examinations must an applicant pass under Rule VI(B)?

An applicant must pass both the Academic Bar Examination and the Legal Ethics Examination to be certified as a successful candidate.

What is the Academic Bar Examination under this rule?

Beginning with the July 2014 Bar Examination, the Academic Bar Examination consists of the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), including the MEE, the MPT, and the MBE components.

How are examination results and passing for the Academic Bar Examination determined?

Raw scores on the MEE and MPT are weighted (MEE 30%, MPT 20%), combined and scaled to the MBE, then weighted equally with the scaled MBE score to determine the total UBE scaled score. A total UBE scaled score of 260 or above passes the Academic Bar Examination.

Sep 21, 2026

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