The New Hampshire Judicial Branch is responsible for the New Hampshire bar examination. There is no local New Hampshire content.
The New Hampshire bar exam, a 2-day exam, consists of
- the six-hour Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 50%;
- two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problems, weighted 20%
- six 30-minute Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) questions, weighted 30%.
The successful applicant must achieve a combined scaled score of 270 out of 400. The applicant also must pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) with a scaled score of 79 before or after the bar examination.
The following subjects may be tested on the New Hampshire bar exam:
- business associations (agency & partnership, corporations, LLCs)
- civil procedure
- conflict of laws
- constitutional law
- contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
- criminal law and procedure
- evidence
- family law
- real property, including real estate finance
- torts
- trusts and estates (wills, trusts, and estates)
- UCC Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), 9 (secured transactions).