The Nevada State Bar is responsible for the Nevada bar exam. The Bar does not release past bar exam questions to the public.
The Nevada bar exam, a 2½-day exam, consists of
- the six-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 33%;
- one 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem;
- eight 60-minute Nevada essay questions.
The successful applicant must achieve a total scaled score of 75 on the exam as a whole, as well as passing at least 3 essays with a scaled score of 75. Applicants also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 85 within three years before or after passing the bar exam.
Application packets are not currently available online. Application packets must be ordered from the bar for a $50 fee.
The following subjects may be tested on the Nevada bar exam:
- agency and partnership (business associations)
- community property
- conflict of laws
- constitutional law
- contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
- corporations (business associations)
- criminal law and procedure
- domestic relations (family law)
- evidence
- legal ethics (professional responsibility) (tested on every exam)
- pleading and practice (civil procedure) (Nevada and federal)
- real property (including real estate finance)
- remedies
- torts
- UCC Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), 9 (secured transactions)
- wills, trusts, and estates.