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Bar Exam Resources

Exam Rules	Prior Exams Available?	Results
Alabama	uses multistate	Alabama
Alaska	Alaska Q&A	Alaska
Arizona	uses multistate	Arizona
Arkansas	Arkansas Q&A (recent) Arkansas Q&A(older)	Arkansas
California	California Q&A	California
Colorado	uses multistate	Colorado
Connecticut	Connecticut Q (answers can be purchased)	Connecticut
Delaware	Delaware Q	Delaware
DC	uses multistate	DC
Florida	Florida Q&A	Florida
Georgia	Georgia Q&A	Georgia
Hawaii	uses multistate	Hawaii
Idaho	uses multistate	Idaho
Illinois	uses multistate	not available
Indiana	not available online	Indiana
Iowa	uses multistate	Iowa
Kansas	not available online	Kansas
Kentucky	Kentucky Q	Kentucky
Louisiana	Louisiana Q	Louisiana
Maine	not available online (can be purchased)	Maine
Maryland	Maryland Q&A	Maryland
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Q	Massachusetts
Michigan	not available online (can be purchased)	Michigan
Minnesota	Minnesota Q&A	not available
Mississippi	Mississippi Q&A	Mississippi
Missouri	uses multistate	Missouri
Montana	not available online (can be purchased)	Montana
Nebraska	uses multistate	not available
Nevada	Nevada Q&A	Nevada
New Hampshire	uses multistate	not available
New Jersey	New Jersey Q&A	New Jersey
New Mexico	uses multistate (but also see New Mexico A)	New Mexico
New York	New York Q&A	New York
North Carolina	North Carolina Q&A	North Carolina
North Dakota	uses multistate	not available
Ohio	Ohio Q	Ohio
Oklahoma	not available online	Oklahoma
Oregon	uses multistate	Oregon
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Q&A	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Q	not available
South Carolina	not available online	South Carolina
South Dakota	uses multistate	not available
Tennessee	not available online	Tennessee
Texas	Texas Q&A	Texas
Utah	uses multistate	Utah
Vermont	Vermont Q&A	Vermont
Virginia	not available online	Virginia
Washington	not available online (can be purchased)	Washington
West Virginia	uses multistate	West Virginia
Wisconsin	not available online (can be purchased)	not available
Wyoming	not available online	Wyoming

 

Many states are using at least one of the multistate exams from the National Conference of Bar Examiners. That organization offers the following exams:

Test	Prior Exams Available
Multistate Bar Exam	MBE (or purchase)
Multistate Essay Exam	MEE (or purchase)
Multistate Performance Test	MPT (or purchase)
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam	MPRE (or purchase)

 

Materials in the ASL Library

Check our online catalog for recent additions.

• Bar Admission Requirements
  
  • Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements by the American Bar Association and the National Conference of Bar Examiners (current edition is on Reserve; prior editions are in the main collection); can also be downloaded for free online as a PDF

• Prior Bar Exams
  • Compilation of Bar Examination Questions and Answers from the Institute for Bar Review Study (current year on Reserve; prior years are in the main collection)
  • Kentucky Bar Examinations - essay questions only (February and July exams, 1997-present, on Reserve)
  • Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) - several books on Reserve, including Multistate Bar Examination Questions, Sample MBE, Sample MBE II, and Sample MBE III
  • Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) - MEE Questions and Analyses (on Reserve)
  • Multistate Performance Test (MPT) - questions and "point sheets" (1997-present, on Reserve)
  • Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) - MPRE Sample Questions VI (on Reserve)
  • North Carolina Bar Examinations - essay questions only (February and July exams, 1998-present, on Reserve)
  • Tennessee Bar Examinations - essay questions only (February and July exams, 1998-present, on Reserve)
  • Virginia Bar Examinations - essay questions only (February and July exams, 1996-present, on Reserve)
• Study Guides
  • 100 Rules to Know for Passing the Bar Exam by Steven Friedland. Reserve KF 303 .F754 2006.
  • The Bar Exam in a Nutshell by Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus. Reserve KF 303 .D372 2009.
  • Conquering the Bar Exam edited by Evangeline M. Mitchell. Reserve KF 303 .C66 2007.
  • Essential Rules for Bar Exam Success by Steven Friedland with Jeffrey Scott Shapiro. Reserve KF 303 .F75 2008.
  • If I Don't Pass The Bar I'll Die by Rosemary La Puma. Reserve KF 302 .L3 2008.
  • Mastering the MBE: Test-Taking Strategies for Scoring High on the Multistate Bar Exam by John J. Talamo. Access via netLibrary from the ASL catalog.
  • Pass the Bar by Denise Riebe and Michael Hunter Schwartz. Reserve KF 303 .R54 2006.
  • Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays by Mary Campbell Gallagher. Reserve KF 303 .G353 2006.
  • Strategies & Tactics for the MBE: Multistate Bar Exam by Kimm Walton and Steven Emanuel. Reserve KF 303 .W35 2010.
  • Take the Bar and Beat Me by Raymond Woodcock. Main KF 283 .W66 1991.
  • You Can Pass Any Bar Exam: A Step-By-Step Guide to Success by Edna Wells Handy. Reserve KF 303 .H36 1997.
  • The Zen of Passing the Bar Exam by Chad Noreuil. Main KF 303 .N674 2011.

 

Commercial Bar Exam Review Courses

Please note: ASL does not endorse any particular bar review course. You are responsible for paying all fees incurred by participating in any of these courses (private loans may be available; the Financial Aid Office keeps a listing of lenders). This listing is not comprehensive.

• Adaptibar
• BarBri
• Bar Outlines
• Bar Secrets
• Beat The Bar
• E-BarReview.com
• Emanuel Bar Review (Wolters Kluwer/Aspen)
• Kaplan Bar Review (was PMBR)
• Multistate Edge (was MicroMash)