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 \nBy Otto Stockmeyer  \nast October, the Michigan Board of Law Examiners posted the  \nnames of 451 law graduates who passed the July 2018 Michigan Bar Examination.1 Most of them probably hoped never to have to endure a bar exam again. But according to an American Bar Foundation study, today’s reality is that more than one-third will likely change jobs within three years of law school graduation.2 And some of those would no doubt like to look for employment beyond Michigan’s borders.  \nWouldn’t it be nice for bar passers and their potential employers if Michigan administered the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE)? The UBE allows new lawyers who pass the exam to transfer their scores when applying for admission to another jurisdiction.3 Thirtysix states and territories have adopted the UBE, including big-ticket states like New York, Illinois, Ohio (beginning in 2020), and Texas (beginning in 2021) .4  \nScore portability maximizes job possibilities for graduating students. Instead of being limited to Michigan, bar passers could look for employment in 36 other jurisdictions without retaking the bar exam. And portability allows new lawyers to establish cross-jurisdictional practices more easily, benefiting both their employers and clients.  \n“Since 2011, when the UBE was first administered, roughly 12,000 UBE test-takers  \nL  \n“Future of Law” is a regular column of the Michigan Bar Journal. Articles relating to legal education are edited by Ted Becker of the University of Michigan Law School. To suggest a topic or propose contributing an article relating to legal education, please contact Professor Becker at [tbecker@umich.edu](tbecker@umich.edu).  \nhave transferred their scores to a jurisdiction where they did not take the bar,” said Judith A. Gunderson, president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners.5  \nDeveloped by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the UBE consists of three components: the Multistate Bar Exam (a day of 200 multiple-choice questions on seven subjects), the Multistate Essay Exam (six 30-minute essay questions on any of ten listed subjects), and the Multistate Performance Test (two 90-minute writing assignments that test lawyering skills) .6  \nEach essay question typically consists of four issues that must be answered using the common IRAC (issue, rule, application, and conclusion) organizational approach that law students begin learning in their firstyear courses.  \nThe performance exam is designed to test the ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic setting. For each of the two assignments, examinees are given a“file” of documents and a “library” of cases, statutes, and the like. A memorandum from a supervising attorney assigns examinees a specific task—drafting a letter to a client, a persuasive memo or brief, a contract provision or will, a discovery plan, a proposal for settlement, a closing argument, or something similar.7 For those taking the July 2018 UBE, for instance, the tasks were (1) drafting the argument section of a brief opposing  \na motion for new trial in a criminal case alleging a Brady violation and admission of hearsay and (2) drafting sections of articles of association dealing with a membership association’s governance and explaining how what they drafted comports with governing law and the client’s wishes.8  \nOther benefits  \nThe UBE has benefits in addition to score portability, including expert drafting and consistent grading. The essay questions are prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners Drafting Committee, pretested, analyzed by outside subject-matter experts, and reviewed by the boards of bar examiners in user jurisdictions. The National Conference of Bar Examiners provides a grading guide for every question and sponsors a grading workshop for bar examiners. The essay and performance parts of the UBE are independently graded and scored by each state. 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