The State of Maine Board of Bar Examiners is responsible for the Maine bar exam. The Maine bar exam does not have a great deal of original local content.
The examiners publish example answers to the essay questions, but they’re not free and they’re not available on-line.
The Maine bar exam, a two-day exam, consists of
- the six-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 36%;
- one 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem; and
- six 45-minute Maine essay questions.
The successful applicant must achieve a combined scaled score of 138. 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 Maine bar exam:
- Maine rules of procedure (civil, criminal, and appellate)
- agency (business associations)
- conflict of laws
- constitutional law
- contracts, including UCC Art. 2 sales
- corporations (business associations)
- creditors rights
- criminal law
- criminal procedure (Maine and federal)
- equity (remedies)
- evidence (Maine and federal)
- family law
- partnerships (business associations)
- professional responsibility (Maine)
- real property, including real estate finance
- statute of frauds
- statutes of limitations
- taxation (federal income)
- torts
- Uniform Commercial Code (articles not specified)
- wills, trusts, and estates.