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The Rhode Island Supreme Court is responsible for the bar exam. There is no local Rhode Island content on this bar exam.

The Rhode Island bar exam, a two-day exam, consists of

• the six-hour multiple-choice Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 50%;
• one 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem, weighted 9%;
• six 30-minute Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) questions and
• three 30-minute Rhode Island essay questions, together weighted 41%.

The successful applicant must achieve a 130 on the MBE and achieve an aggregate scaled score of 276 on the MBE, MPT, and essays, with the MPT score weighing the same as two essay responses.  Within 2 years before the bar exam, the applicant also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 80.

The following subjects may be tested on the Rhode Island bar exam:

• agency and partnership (business associations)
• civil procedure
• commercial paper (UCC Article 3 negotiable instruments)
• conflict of laws
• constitutional law
• contracts,  including UCC Article 2 sales
• corporations and LLCs (business associations)
• creditors’ rights
• criminal law and procedure
• decedents’ estates (wills, trusts, and estates)
• evidence
• family law
• real property, including real estate finance
• secured transactions (UCC Article 9)
• torts
• trusts and future interests (wills, trusts, and estates)