Intro to Bar Prep Final Exam with
Complete Solutions
What is the bar exam? - ANS-o Hazing ritual
o Test to practice law/ legal advice/ attorney-client privilege
o Minimum competency
o Will not measure your ability as an attorney
What must you make to pass the bar exam? - ANS-67.5 to pass
What does it cost you to fail the bar? - ANS-o $1000
o Can cost you a job
How many times can you take the bar exam in a year? - ANS-twice
Why is the bar exam hard? - ANS-o Lots of hard questions, little time
o Closed book & a lot of material; endurance challenge
o Roughly 2,200 laws
Deadline to apply? - ANS-April for July
November for February
What should you consider when trying to decide which bar review program to use? -
ANS-§ Ask lawyers you know
§ Price comparisons
§ Passage rates
§ How do you learn?/ attention span
Arkansas cut score-
· Minimum passing standard based on reported score scale- ?
· Minimum passing standard based on 200-point scale- ? - ANS-270
135
How do they ensure that the bar exam is fair? - ANS-· All question writers and editors
receive bias training, and should be focused on fairness as they draft questions.
Questions then undergo further review for potential bias and if there is any concern that
a question may not be fair, the question is archived or resubmitted for another review.
Numerous rounds of statistical review also help in insuring each item's fairness.
· NCBE also provides training & support to jurisdiction bar admission administrators, to
make sure the bar exam is administered in a consistent manner; and multiple steps are
taken to keep exam material secure from start to finish.
, · The Grading Workshop also helps keep fairness and consistency throughout for bar
exam graders.
· The NCBE also uses equating and scaling to make sure the exam is fair from exam to
exam throughout the years.
Who grades each section? - ANS-· NCBE scores and equates the MBE
· Jurisdiction graders grade the written portions.
o MEE/MPT administration- NCBE sponsors Grading Workshop and then jurisdiction
graders grade the exams.
· NCBE then scales the written grades to the MBE
· Each jurisdiction determines their passing score.
How many questions are "pretested" in each bar exam? - ANS-In each bar exam, 25 of
the 200 items that appear on the MBE are items that are being pretested and are
therefore not scored; the other 175 items have already passed the pretest process.
Bowen Pass Rates? - ANS-o Pretty Bouncy
o 2016-2020
§ 10% of people don't pass the bar exam ever
· People take jobs or only take the exam once.
§ 2020 Pandemic- 89.66%
Risk Factors?? - ANS-§ Low law school GPA
· Shows you know how to study and shows you know the law
§ Not taking bar courses
§ Not taking a bar review course
§ Working too much
§ Life Crisis
§ Deficit with MCQ or Essays
§ Failure to adopt proper strategies
§ Fear or anxiety
· Practice!!
· No medical issues
· Over Prepare
How much should you study for the bar exam? - ANS-They say about 500 hours
Law School GPA? - ANS-o (2018)
§ 3.81-3.36= 100% pass rate for bar exam
§ 3.35-3.10= 95% pass rate
§ 3.08-2.82= 52.17% pass rate
§ 2.79-2.48= 15.38% pass rate
o 3.0 and above
· Mitigate Risk? - ANS-· Do What Works!!
o Use YOUR study strategy.
Complete Solutions
What is the bar exam? - ANS-o Hazing ritual
o Test to practice law/ legal advice/ attorney-client privilege
o Minimum competency
o Will not measure your ability as an attorney
What must you make to pass the bar exam? - ANS-67.5 to pass
What does it cost you to fail the bar? - ANS-o $1000
o Can cost you a job
How many times can you take the bar exam in a year? - ANS-twice
Why is the bar exam hard? - ANS-o Lots of hard questions, little time
o Closed book & a lot of material; endurance challenge
o Roughly 2,200 laws
Deadline to apply? - ANS-April for July
November for February
What should you consider when trying to decide which bar review program to use? -
ANS-§ Ask lawyers you know
§ Price comparisons
§ Passage rates
§ How do you learn?/ attention span
Arkansas cut score-
· Minimum passing standard based on reported score scale- ?
· Minimum passing standard based on 200-point scale- ? - ANS-270
135
How do they ensure that the bar exam is fair? - ANS-· All question writers and editors
receive bias training, and should be focused on fairness as they draft questions.
Questions then undergo further review for potential bias and if there is any concern that
a question may not be fair, the question is archived or resubmitted for another review.
Numerous rounds of statistical review also help in insuring each item's fairness.
· NCBE also provides training & support to jurisdiction bar admission administrators, to
make sure the bar exam is administered in a consistent manner; and multiple steps are
taken to keep exam material secure from start to finish.
, · The Grading Workshop also helps keep fairness and consistency throughout for bar
exam graders.
· The NCBE also uses equating and scaling to make sure the exam is fair from exam to
exam throughout the years.
Who grades each section? - ANS-· NCBE scores and equates the MBE
· Jurisdiction graders grade the written portions.
o MEE/MPT administration- NCBE sponsors Grading Workshop and then jurisdiction
graders grade the exams.
· NCBE then scales the written grades to the MBE
· Each jurisdiction determines their passing score.
How many questions are "pretested" in each bar exam? - ANS-In each bar exam, 25 of
the 200 items that appear on the MBE are items that are being pretested and are
therefore not scored; the other 175 items have already passed the pretest process.
Bowen Pass Rates? - ANS-o Pretty Bouncy
o 2016-2020
§ 10% of people don't pass the bar exam ever
· People take jobs or only take the exam once.
§ 2020 Pandemic- 89.66%
Risk Factors?? - ANS-§ Low law school GPA
· Shows you know how to study and shows you know the law
§ Not taking bar courses
§ Not taking a bar review course
§ Working too much
§ Life Crisis
§ Deficit with MCQ or Essays
§ Failure to adopt proper strategies
§ Fear or anxiety
· Practice!!
· No medical issues
· Over Prepare
How much should you study for the bar exam? - ANS-They say about 500 hours
Law School GPA? - ANS-o (2018)
§ 3.81-3.36= 100% pass rate for bar exam
§ 3.35-3.10= 95% pass rate
§ 3.08-2.82= 52.17% pass rate
§ 2.79-2.48= 15.38% pass rate
o 3.0 and above
· Mitigate Risk? - ANS-· Do What Works!!
o Use YOUR study strategy.
