State Bar Exam Prep Guides
UBE Jurisdictions · MBE-Only Jurisdictions · Other U.S. Jurisdictions
State-by-state, comprehensive guides to the bar exam.
*Updated May 2020
Jurisdictions Adopting Entire Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
35 states and other U.S. jurisdictions have adopted the UBE. Ohio and Texas are the most recent additions. Could California be next? Maybe after the train wreck the California State Bar had last year. . .
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- D.C.
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio (starting July 2020)
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas (starting February 2021)
- Utah
- Vermont
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Virgin Islands
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Jurisdictions Only Adopting Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
Every single state and other U.S. jurisdiction that administers a bar exam incorporates the MBE, with the exception of Louisiana and Puerto Rico.
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Nevada
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
Other Jurisdictions
- Louisiana
- American Samoa (no bar exam administered)
- Puerto Rico