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 The Mississippi Examiners do not publish their essay questions.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