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Illinois Bar Exam Information

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ABOUT THE BAR EXAM

Format

Local Essay/MPT/Multistate Essay Exam (Tues.):
• Local Essay: Three 30-minute Illinois essay questions (morning)
• MEE: Six 30-minute questions (afternoon)

MBE (Wed.): 200 questions, two periods of three hours each with 100 questions in each period.

Subjects

• Administrative Law
• Agency and Partnership
• Business Organizations (including corporations and limited liability companies)
• Commercial Paper
• Conflict of Laws
• Contracts
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Family Law
• Equity Jurisprudence
• Evidence
• Federal and State Constitutional Law
• Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure
• Federal Taxation
• Illinois Procedure
• Personal Property, including sales and bailments
• Real Property
• Secured Transactions
• Suretyship
• Torts
• Trusts and Future Interests
• Wills and Decedents' Estates

Grading

Passing score--combined scaled score of 264 points out of possible 400

GENERAL BAR EXAM INFORMATION

Contact Information

Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar
625 South College St.
Springfield, IL 62704-2521
(217) 522-5917

https://www.ibaby.org/infapp.php

Bar Exam Dates & Locations

Feb. 24–25, 2009; July 28–29, 2009

Chicago

 

IL Bar Review Snapshot
Format—Local Essay/MPT/Multistate Essay Exam (Tues.):
Local Essay: Three 30-minute Illinois essay questions (morning);
MEE: Six 30-minute questions (afternoon);
MBE (Wed.): 200 questions, two periods of three hours each with 100 questions in each period.
Feb. 24–25, 2009; July 28–29, 2009 in Chicago.