Format last checked: September 2026. The Uniform Bar Examination runs across two test days, typically in February and July each year. Day 1 combines the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) -- 6 thirty-minute essay questions (3 hours total), drawing on the 7 MBE subjects plus 5 essay-only subjects (Business Associations, Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates, and Secured Transactions) -- in the morning, and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) -- 2 ninety-minute tasks (3 hours total) testing lawyering skills using a closed universe of facts and law provided with the task, not memorized subject law -- in the afternoon. Day 2 is the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) alone -- 200 multiple-choice questions (175 scored, 25 unscored pretest items) split across a 3-hour morning session and a 3-hour afternoon session, covering 7 equally weighted subjects. All three components are developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and administered by individual state bar admission authorities. Scores from all three are combined into a single UBE score; each adopting jurisdiction sets its own minimum passing score and may have additional state-specific requirements (such as a separate state law component or MPRE). Verify current fees, eligibility, jurisdiction-specific requirements, and testing dates against the NCBE's and your target jurisdiction's own materials before registering to sit for it.