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Download the Application for Admission to Practice as an Attorney in Connecticut by Examination. The filing deadline for the July exam is April 30, and for the February exam, November 30. The fee to take the bar exam is $800.

For the July 2017 bar exam, the national average MBE score was 141.7. If you take the bar exam in a UBE jurisdiction, it is easy to figure out a passing MBE score. Take the score you need to pass and divide by two. If your jurisdiction requires a 266 out of 400 to pass, then a 133 is a passing MBE score.

The percentage needed for a passing MBE score in California is 67.5%. This means an MBE score of approximately 119 raw (119/175) is passing. A raw score of 119 should equal a scaled score of 144. Keep in mind, California uses a thousand-point scale.

We suggest aiming for at least 60% to be safe. If you are aiming for an MBE score of 136-140 (which is a passing MBE score in jurisdictions that require a 272-280 to pass) you should aim for 62%-65%. We suggest aiming for at least 65% to be safe.

You want to aim for a scaled score of at least 140-145 (which is the average score). Ideally, you should want a 150+ scaled score to have confidence to pass the exam. The national average MBE scaled score for the last two exams was: 134.0 6 in Feb. 2019; and 139.5 7 in July 2018.

Connecticut has adopted the UBE. ... Connecticut will administer the UBE starting with the February 2017 exam. It will begin accepting transferred UBE scores from other UBE jurisdictions on September 5, 2016.

RESEARCH A STATE'S BAR RECIPROCITY POLICY There are about 25 states that allow lawyers from other states to come in and practice without having to pass their bar exams. But this provision usually only applies if the first state also has the same arrangement.

About the UBE The UBE consists of three parts: the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT).

Note that the MBE does not test any state-specific law. Rather, it tests the majority law and federal rules. Every examinee in every state takes the same Multistate Bar Exam.

Connecticut does not have a reciprocity agreement with New York. Admission to the bar is governed by each state's rules. ... New York's rules do not allow attorneys admitted in Connecticut to be admitted in New York without taking their exam.

A lawyer who is admitted in one state is not automatically allowed to practice in any other. Some states have reciprocal agreements that allow attorneys from other states to practice without sitting for another full bar exam; such arrangements differ significantly among states and among federal courts.

Receive a J.D. degree from a Committee-approved law school. Have good moral character.

The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) is a collection of essay questions largely concerning the common law administered as a part of the bar examination in 33 jurisdictions of the United States: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas ...

What is the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)? ... The MBE as part of the Bar exam in all U.S. jurisdictions with the exception of Louisiana and Puerto Rico. The test is comprised of 200 multiple-choice questions administered in two, three-hour-long sets of 100 questions each. No state-specific law is tested on the MBE.

Connecticut has adopted the UBE. ... Connecticut will administer the UBE starting with the February 2017 exam.