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

First Day (Tuesday) morning session:
* One 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem
* Two Essay Questions

First Day (Tuesday) afternoon session:
* Four Essay Questions

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.

If you have taken the MBE in another jurisdiction (during the 24 months preceding your application), and received a scaled score of at least 145, and passed that jurisdiction's bar exam and were admitted to that jurisdiction's bar, you may apply for admission to Minnesota without having to take the Minnesota bar exam.

You must still meet Minnesota's MPRE requirement. *You need a minimum of 85 on MPRE Grading of the Minnesota Bar Exam: The MPT is 12.5% of the total exam score. Your MPT score is combined with your scores from the essay questions. The combined score is then scaled to the MBE. The two scaled scores (the local day and the MBE) are combined to determine who passes.

Minnesota generally releases the results of the Summer exam in early October and the results of the Winter exam in mid-April.

Admission on Motion:
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 five of the prior seven years.

Also, if you have taken the MBE in another jurisdiction (during the 24 months preceding your application), and received a scaled score of at least 145, and passed that jurisdiction's bar exam and were admitted to that jurisdiction's bar, you may apply for admission to Minnesota without having to take the Minnesota bar exam.

You must still meet Minnesota's MPRE requirement.

For further information, contact:
Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
Galtier Plaza, Suite 201
380 Jackson St. St. Paul,MN 55101
Telephone: (651) 297-1800
Fax: 651-296-5866