State Bar Exam Prep Guides
UBE Jurisdictions · MBE-Only Jurisdictions · Other U.S. Jurisdictions
State-by-state, comprehensive guides to the bar exam.
*Updated December 2020
Jurisdictions Adopting Entire Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)
36 states and other U.S. jurisdictions have adopted the UBE. Ohio, Texas, and Indiana are the most recent additions. Could California be next? Maybe after the train wreck the California State Bar had in 2019. . .
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- D.C.
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana (starting July 2021)
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- 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
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Nevada (The Nevada Bar has eliminated the MBE for at least their Aug. 2020 and Feb. 2021 administrations)
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
Other Jurisdictions
- Louisiana
- American Samoa (no bar exam administered)
- Puerto Rico