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, MBE Multistate Bar Examination 2025
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3 parts to the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) - Answer>> Multistate
Bar exam (MBE)
Multistate essay exam
Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
Multistate Bar Exam - Answer>> MC; focuses on rote
memorization of legal principles
Downside: not really what it's like to practice law
Multistate essay exam - Answer>> Identifies legal issues raised
by hypotheticals; tests understanding of fundamental legal
principles; ability to separate material that is relevant from
material that isn't
Multistate Performance Test (MPT) - Answer>> Doesn't require
memorization/knowledge of legal facts; assesses fundamental
lawyering skills in realistic situations
Critiques of the bar exam - Answer>> Expensive
Impedes efforts to increase diversity in law
Inaccurate measures of professional competence
Stresses memorization of the law of nowhere
Negatively effects law school curriculum and admission
What model rule establishes the regulation of law - Answer>>
Rule 8.3--lawyers regulate each other
Criteria disciplinary committees look to when evaluating claims -
Answer>> Patterns of behavior
, Recency of behavior
Remorse
What behaviors can get flagged by application review
committees? - Answer>> No set list--usually a fact-based
analysis
Issues of fraud/deception are usually the biggest
Ex: addiction, financial mismanagement, lack of integrity, lack of
insights, not asking for help, etc.
Private administrative admonition - Answer>> Usually for minor
misconduct; public record of a disciplinary case, but kept
anonymous
Private reprimand - Answer>> Private letter of reprimand from
Supreme Court to offending lawyer; not publicly disseminated
Short term suspension - Answer>> License suspended for 6
months or less; reinstatement is automatic (don't have to reapply
to the bar), but sometimes have to petition for reinstatement and
prove fitness
Long term suspension - Answer>> License suspended for
longer than 6 months; have to petition for reinstatement, prove
fitness to reenter the bar
Disbarment - Answer>> Revokes license permanently; cannot
be reinstated
Functions of a lawyer - Answer>> Advisor, advocate,
negotiator, evaluator
Responsibilities of a lawyer - Answer>> Competent, prompt
diligent; maintain communication with clients; keep in confidence