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The New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners is responsible for the New Mexico Bar Exam. The Examiners release essay questions here.

The New Mexico Bar exam, a 2-day exam, consists of

• the 6-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 50%;
• two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problems, weighted 17%;
• six 30-minute New Mexico essay questions, weighted 33%.

The successful applicant must achieve a combined average scaled score of 130 on the MBE and essay parts of the exam. Applicants also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) within one year after taking the bar exam. The passing scaled score for the MPRE is 75.

The following subjects may be tested on the New Mexico bar exam: 

• administrative law
• agency
• business entities (including partnership and corporations)
• community property (New Mexico)
• constitutional law
• contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
• criminal law and procedure 
• equitable remedies (remedies)
• evidence 
• family law (New Mexico)
• federal jurisdiction and procedure (civil procedure, federal courts)
• Indian law  (including federal Indian law, jurisdiction in Indian country, and Indian Child Welfare Act)
• real property, including real estate finance
• torts
• UCC Article 9 (secured transactions) 
• wills, estates, and trusts.

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