Tennessee

The Board of Law Examiners of Tennessee is responsible for the bar exam. There is no local content on this bar examination.

The Tennessee Bar exam, a 2-day exam, consists of

Successful applicants must pass 7 or more essay questions, depending on the MBE score. Applicants with an MBE score of 135 or more must pass 7 essays; those with an MBE score of 130-134 must pass 8 essays; and those with an MBE score of 125-129 must pass 9 essays.  Applicants also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 75 within 2 years of taking the bar exam.

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

  • business organizations (including agency, partnership, corporations)
  • civil procedure (Tennessee and federal)
  • commercial transactions, consisting of UCC Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), 6 (bulk transfers), 9 (secured transactions)
  • conflicts of law
  • constitutional law (Tennessee and federal)
  • contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
  • criminal law and procedure
  • domestic relations or personal status (family law)
  • evidence
  • professional responsibility
  • property, real and personal
  • remedies and restitution
  • torts
  • wills and estates.
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