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Texas bar exam, a 2½-day exam, consists of the six-hour multiple-choice Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 40%; one 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem, weighted 10%; Procedure and Evidence questions, weighted 10%; twelve Texas essay questions, weighted 40%.

Successful applicants must earn a combined scaled score of 675 out of 1000 points. Within 2 years of the bar exam, applicants also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 85.

The following subjects may be tested on the Texas bar exam: bankruptcy (cross-over topic which may be included in questions about other topics such as family law or wills and estates), business associations, including agency, partnership, corporations, LLCs, and professional associations, civil procedure and jurisdiction (Texas), constitutional law, consumer law, including the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Protection Act and insurance, contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales, criminal law, criminal procedure (Texas and federal), evidence (Texas and federal), family law, real property, including Texas topics such as oil and gas and MBE topics such as real estate finance, taxation, including income, estate, and gift taxes (cross-over topic which may be included in questions about other topics such as family law or wills and estates, torts, trusts and guardianships, Uniform Commercial Code, including Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), and 9 (secured transactions, wills and administration.

Here are the materials we have collected about the Texas Bar Examination. We include essay questions from 1998 forward.

Past Examination Online

The following Texas Bar Examinations are available for viewing only with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

AM Essays	PM Essays	Procedure & Evidence
July 2008	July 2008	July 2008 Civil July 2008 Criminal
February 2008	February 2008	February 2008 Civil February 2008 Criminal

July 2007	July 2007	July 2007 Civil July 2007 Criminal
February 2007	February 2007	February 2007 Civil February 2007 Criminal

July 2006	July 2006	July 2006 Civil July 2006 Criminal
February 2006	February 2006	February 2006 Civil February 2006 Criminal

July 2005	July 2005	July 2005 -- Civil Criminal
February 2005	February 2005	February 2005 -- Civil Criminal

July 2004	July 2004	July 2004 -- Civil Criminal
February 2004	February 2004	February 2004

July 2003	July 2003	July 2003
February 2003	February 2003	February 2003

July 2002	July 2002	July 2002
February 2002	February 2002	February 2002

July 2001	July 2001	July 2001
February 2001	February 2001	February 2001

July 2000	July 2000	July 2000
February 2000	February 2000	February 2000

February 1998	February 1998

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