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The Michigan Bar Exam is a two-day exam -- Tuesday and Wednesday -- with the essays on Tuesday and the multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam on Wednesday.

First Day (Tuesday) morning session:
* Three hours
* 9 Essay Qs (20 minutes each suggested)

First Day (Tuesday) afternoon session:
* Two hours
* 6 Essay Qs (20 minutes each suggested)

Second Day (Wednesday) morning session:
* Three hours
* Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
* 100 Multiple-Choice questions.

Second Day (Wednesday) afternoon session:
* Three hours
* Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
* 100 Multiple-Choice questions.

Michigan allows you to use an MBE score taken in another jurisdiction if within three years and from a reciprocal jurisdiction. You also must have passed that jurisdiction's bar exam.

Grading of the Michigan Bar Exam: If the other state accepts transfer of MBE scores from exams administered in Michigan, a passing MBE score obtained within three years might transfer from that state.

In the case of states that accept transfers from "concurrent examinations only," a transfer only from a concurrent examination will be accepted. The applicant is still required to sit for the essay portion of the Michigan examination and must achieve a passing score as determined by a combination of the scores of the two portions of the examination.

In addition to having the other jurisdiction certify the information to the Board, the applicant must also notify the Board of Law Examiners (not the State Bar of Michigan) by letter (fax and email are not accepted) to:

Board of Law Examiners
P.O. Box 30104
Lansing, MI 48909

of the applicant’s intent to transfer his or her MBE score, no later than May 15 for the July examination and December 15 for the February examination. This written notice of intent to transfer an MBE score is a necessary precondition to perfect the applicant’s right to transfer an MBE score to Michigan.

Michigan generally releases the results of the Summer exam in mid-November and the results of the Winter exam in mid-May.

*Michigan MPRE Minimum: 75

Applicants taking the examination as first-time takers must receive a scaled score of 85. That score is valid indefinitely.

A re-examinee or as transferee from a prior exam, the passing scaled score will remain at 75. If such a re-examinee or transferee fails the examination, the passing scaled MPRE score will remain at 75.

Admission on Motion: (i.e., without having to sit for the bar exam)
1. You must be a graduate of an ABA-accredited law school.
2. You must be admitted to the bar of another jurisdiction and must have practiced law for at least three of the prior five years.
3. You must intend to practice law in Michigan.