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Alabama Essay Section (Monday) Multi-State Essays & MPT (Tuesday) MBE (Wednesday)
Alabama Essay Section covers all subjects NOT covered by MBE or Multistate Essay Examination
Multistate Essay Examination covers: • Business Associations (Agency, Partnership, Corporations, and Limited Liability Companies) • Conflicts of Laws • Constitutional Law • Contracts • Criminal Law and Procedure • Evidence • Family Law • Federal Civil Procedure • Real Property • Torts • Trusts & Estates
Raw scores on essay portions are weighted. Alabama Essay Examination questions are worth 40% of the total written score, Multistate Essay Examination questions are worth 40%, and MPT questions are worth 20%.
The total weighted raw written score is scaled to the MBE using the two approved methods (the equi-percentile method and the standard deviation method).
The applicant's scaled test score consists of MBE, 50%; Alabama Essay Exam, 20%; Multistate Essay Exam, 20%; and MPT, 10%.
Board of Bar Examiners Alabama State Bar 415 Dexter Avenue P.O. Box 671 Montgomery, AL 36101 (334) 269-1515
Feb. 23-25, 2009; July 27-29, 2009
Montgomery