New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Judicial Branch is responsible for the New Hampshire bar examination. There is no local New Hampshire content.

The New Hampshire bar exam, a 2-day exam, consists of

  • the six-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 50%;
  • two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problems, weighted 20%
  • six 30-minute Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) questions, weighted 30%.

The successful applicant must achieve a combined scaled score of 270 out of 400. The applicant also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 79 before or after the bar examination.

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

  • business associations (agency & partnership, corporations, LLCs)
  • civil procedure
  • conflict of laws
  • constitutional law
  • contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
  • criminal law and procedure
  • evidence
  • family law
  • real property, including real estate finance
  • torts
  • trusts and estates (wills, trusts, and estates)
  • UCC Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), 9 (secured transactions).

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