– Bar Examination Content, Certification, and Dates

A. B. C. Examination Composition. The Uniform Bar Examination is prepared and coordinated by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and comprises the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), two Multistate Performance Test tasks (MPT), and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). It is uniformly administered, graded, and scored by user jurisdictions and results in a portable score subject to individual jurisdiction admission requirements. Applicants must sit for all components in the same administration to earn a Uniform Bar Examination score. Scores from any one component of the Uniform Bar Examination may not be carried forward to any subsequent examination. An applicant must sit for all components of the Uniform Bar Examination in the same administration to gain admission to the State Bar of Montana. Certification. An applicant may not sit for the Montana Uniform Bar Examination unless the applicant has been duly certified or conditionally certified by the Commission on Character and Fitness. Dates of Examination. The Uniform Bar Examination is administered over two days. The MBE is given annually on the last Wednesdays of February and July, and the MEE and MPT are given on the preceding Tuesdays. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the February examinations are administered in Helena, Montana, and the July examinations are administered in Missoula, Montana. The examination facility is determined by the Board. D. Montana Law Seminar. All applicants must attend a Montana Law Seminar (MLS) as a prerequisite to admission to the State Bar of Montana. The seminar is held twice annually on the Thursday immediately following the administration of the Uniform Bar Examination or other date directed by the Board. 1 The Board may establish a two-track approach to the MLS with all applicants taking the same course in one session and splitting the other session into litigation and commercial/transactional tracks. Limited portions of the MLS may be by video, recorded, or live via video link.