THE MULTISTATE PROFESSIONAL

RESPONSIBILITY EXAMINATION (a) General Requirement. Each person who is admitted after July 1, 1987, shall have obtained a passing grade on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) prepared and administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The MPRE may be taken at any time and place that is offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, within or without the State of Maine. (b) Educational Qualifications. The MPRE may be taken at any time after an applicant has entered law school. (c) Passing Score. A scale score of 80 as established by the National Conference of Bar Examiners shall be the passing score in this State for the MPRE, except that an MPRE scale score of 75 as established by the National Conference of Bar Examiners for an MPRE taken before July 1, 2006, shall be accepted from any applicant who is not admitted in any other jurisdiction. (d) Applicants for Admission by Examination. An applicant for admission by examination must have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the applicant is admitted. (e) Applicants for Admission by Motion. An applicant for admission by motion must either (1) have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the application is filed or (2) if relying on a passing score on the MPRE that is more than 15 years old, demonstrate to the Board that the applicant in the past was admitted to practice law in another United States jurisdiction that, at the time of the applicant’s admission in that jurisdiction, required a passing score on the MPRE that was equal to or greater than the passing score in this State. (f) Applicants for Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score. An applicant for admission by transferred Uniform Bar 22 Examination score must have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the application is filed.