Bar Examination Resources

For the latest information about the New York bar examination and bar admission, including The New York Court of Appeals' Rules for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors at Law, be sure to consult the New York State Board of Law Examiners' web site. You should visit the Board's web site on a regular basis for important annnouncements and notices. Those items, as well as Board press releases, appear toward the bottom of the home page so be sure to scroll down to find them.

1. American Bar Association, Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements (American Bar Association 2007) [KF302.Z9 C65 Ready Reference]

An annual publication of the National Conference of Bar Examiners and the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Contains a directory of state bar admission administrators and charts of state-by-state information. A PDF version of the 2007 edition is available online from the ABA at http://www.ncbex.org/comprehensive-guide-to-bar-admissions/

2. BAR/BRI Digest (Harcourt Brace 2003) [KF302.A15 B37 Reserve]

Annual publication of the BAR/BRI company. Contains information on state admission and testing requirements along with information on bar review courses offered by the publisher.

3.National Conference of Bar Examiners, The Bar Examiner [Periodical, on microform and Westlaw]

A quarterly journal on bar admissions issues published by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. An online Subject Index, which indexes articles published in The Bar Examiner between 1989 and 2004, is available at National Conference of Bar Examiners: Article Archive.

New York State Bar Examination: Essay Questions [KFN5076.Z9 N49 Reserve]

2.New York State Board of Law Examiners Past Exam Essay Questions with Sample Candidate Answers; July 2007, February 2007, July 2006, February 2006, July 2005.

3.Hein's State Bar Examinations [Microforms]
Annual bar examination questions from approximately 30 states that release their questions to the public.

5. MPRE Sample Questions VI: Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (NCBE 2002).
[KF303.N387 2002 Reserve]

Copies of questions released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

6. Multistate Bar Examination Questions (NCBE 1992) [KF303.N382 1992 Reserve]
Copies of questions released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Also available for sale at the NCBE website.

National Conference Of Bar Examiners
402 W. Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703-3614
Tel: 608-280-8550
Fax: 608-280-8552
TDD: 608-661-1275
E-mail:
    MBE: contact_mbe@ncbex.org
    MPRE: contact_mpre@ncbex.org
    MEE or MPT: contact_mee_mpt@ncbex.org
    Character and Fitness: contact_cf@ncbex.org
    Other: contact@ncbex.org
URL: http://www.ncbex.org

New York
New York State Board of Law Examiners
Corporate Plaza - Building 3
254 Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, NY 12203-5195
Tel: 800-342-3335; 518-452-8700
Fax: 518-452-5729
URL: http://www.nybarexam.org

Connecticut
Connecticut Bar Examining Committee
100 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106-4411
Tel: 860-706-5135
Hearing & speech impaired applicants: 800-842-9710
E-mail: barexam@jud.ct.gov
URL: http://www.jud.state.ct.us/CBEC/

Massachusetts
Board of Bar Examiners
Suffolk County Courthouse
3 Pemberton Square
7th Floor - Room 707
Boston, MA
Tel: 617-482-4466
Fax: 617-542-5943
URL: http://www.state.ma.us/bbe/bbeindex.htm

Mary Campbell Gallagher & Co., Inc.
Post Office Box 1308 Gracie Station
New York, NY 10028-0010
Tel: 1-212-327-2817
email: staff@barwrite.com
URL: http://www.barwrite.com

C, Marino Bar Exam Tutors
321 East 84th St.
New York, NY 10028
Tel: (212)-249-3779
email: emilymarino@marinobartutors.com
URL: http://www.marinobartutors.com

D.MicroMash
1 North Dearborn, Suite 650
Chicago, IL 60602
Tel: 800-BAR-EXAM (227-3926); 312-873-6950
Fax: 312-873-6950
E-Mail:
    Technical support: tech@micromashbar.com
    Content questions: info@micromashbar.com
    Pass guarantee: pg@micromashbar.com
URL: http://www.micromashbar.com

E. Pieper Bar Review
90 Willis Avenue
Mineola, NY 11501-2630
1-800-635-6569
Fax: 516-294-2614
E-mail:
    General inquiries: staff@pieperbar.com
    Registrar: denise@pieperbar.com
    Representatives’ coordinator/Tutoring inquiries: angela@pieperbar.com
URL: http://www.pieperbar.com/

F. PMBR
700 South Flower Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: 800-523-0777
E-mail: info@kaplanpmbr.com
URL: http://www.pmbr.com/

G. Practising Law Institute Online MPRE Course
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019-5818
Tel: 800-260-4PLI (4754); 212-824-5710
email: info@pli.edu
URL: http://www.pli.edu/barreview/mpre/default.asp

B. FindLaw for Students: The Bar
URL: http://stu.findlaw.com/thebar/

C. Denise Riebe, Pass the Bar! (Carolina Academic Press 2006). [KF303.R24 2006]

D. Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus, The Bar Exam in a Nutshell (Thomson West 2003). [KF303 .D37 2003 Reserve]

E. Kimm Alayne Walton, Strategies and Tactics for the MBE: Multistate Bar Exam (Aspen 2003). [KF303 .W35 2003]

F. Stephen P. Klein, Summary of Research on the Multistate Bar Examination (National Conference of Bar Examiners 1993). [KF303.K54 1993]

A comprehensive, independent analysis of the reliability, validity, fairness, and other important features of the Multistate Bar Examination, based on data from past research and several new studies. Currently stored off-site, but can be requested through the online catalog.

URL: http://tinyurl.com/32jlwe

H. A PDF version of the December 2004 Final Report of the New York State Board of Law Examiners Regarding the Passing Standard On the New York State Bar Examination is available at the Board's web site. The report sets forth the Board's decision to increase the passing score required on the New York State bar examination from 660 to 675 out of 1000. The increase was phased in over three years, adding five points per year, beginning with the July 2005 examination.
URL: http://www.nybarexam.org/pass_standard.htm

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