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The State of Mississippi Judiciary is responsible for the Mississippi bar exam. The Mississippi Examiners do not publish their essay questions.

The Mississippi bar exam, a three-day exam, consists of

• the 6-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 40%;
• six 30-minute Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) questions, weighted 15%;
• two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problems, weighted 15%;
• six 60-minute  Mississippi Essay questions, weighted 30%.

The successful applicant must achieve a combined scaled score of 132. Within 24 months before or 12 months after taking the bar exam, applicants also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 75.

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

• administrative law
• bankruptcy
• business organizations (agency, partnership, corporations, LLCs)
• conflict of laws
• constitutional law (Mississippi and federal)
• contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
• criminal law and procedure
• domestic relations (family law)
• evidence
• federal jurisdiction (civil procedure, federal courts)
• practice and procedure (Mississippi) (civil and criminal procedure)
• professional conduct and ethics (professional responsibility)
• real property, including real estate finance
• taxation (federal income)
• torts
• Uniform Commercial Code, including Articles 1 (general provisions),  2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), and 9 (secured transactions)
• wills, estates, trusts, and future interests