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The Iowa Judicial Branch is responsible for the Iowa bar exam. This bar exam has no original local content.

Beginning in February 2009, the Iowa bar exam will consist of 

• the six-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE),
• six 30-minute Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) questions, weighted 30%, and
• two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problems, weighted 20%.

Successful applicants will achieve a combined scaled score of 266 or above.  Applicants also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 80.

The following subjects may be tested on the Iowa bar exam:

• business associations (agency, partnership, corporations, LLCs)
• civil procedure (federal)
• conflicts of law
• constitutional law 
• contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
• criminal law and procedure 
• evidence
• family law
• real property, including real estate finance
• torts
• trusts and estates (wills, decendents' estates, trusts, and future interests)
• UCC Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), and 9 (secured transactions).  Note:  Articles 3 and 9 will not be tested on the February 2009 exam; however, they may be tested on subsequent exams.

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