MPT and MEE component guide exam help

The Multistate Essay Examination and Multistate Performance Test are developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and administered by user jurisdictions as part of the bar examination. NCBE describes the MEE as six 30-minute essay questions administered on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday in February and July. Each jurisdiction grades the MEE and sets its own weighting policy, while Uniform Bar Examination jurisdictions weight the MEE component 30%. NCBE describes the MPT as 90-minute tasks requiring application of fundamental lawyering skills in realistic situations; UBE jurisdictions use two MPT items and weight the MPT component 20%.

This legacy ExamSoft slug should be read as a component guide rather than a software-vendor page. ExamSoft, ILG, or another platform may be used by a particular jurisdiction for typed written answers, but the MEE and MPT themselves are NCBE components and candidates must follow the laptop instructions issued by the jurisdiction where they are testing. NCBE says the MBE, MEE, and MPT will be administered through the February 2028 bar exam and replaced in July 2028 by the NextGen UBE. Effective with the July 2026 bar exam, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, and Secured Transactions will no longer be tested on the MEE; from July 2026 through February 2028, Family Law and Trusts and Estates will be tested regularly through the MPT.