The Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners is responsible for the bar exam. The Examiners do not release the local essay questions or answers. They do have a useful information bulletin about the exam.
The Wisconsin bar exam, a 2-day exam, consists of
- the six-hour multiple-choice Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), weighted 50%;
- six 45-minute Wisconsin essay questions, weighted 37.5%;
- one 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) problem, weighted 12.5%.
Successful applicants must achieve a combined scaled score of 258. Wisconsin does not require applicants to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).
The following subjects may be tested on the Wisconsin bar exam:
- business organizations (partnership, corporations, associations, and sole proprietorships)
- civil procedure (pleading and practice, jurisdiction)
- commercial law, including UCC Articles 1 (general provisions), 2 (sales), 3 (negotiable instruments), and 9 (secured transactions)
- constitutional law
- contracts, including UCC Article 2 sales
- criminal law and procedure
- evidence
- family law
- professional responsibility
- property, including real estate finance
- tax (federal)
- torts
- trusts and estates (wills)