Ohio Bar Examination
Please be advised that the February 2021 bar examination will be administered using remote technology.Further information regarding this examination will be released as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Before you are qualified to sit for an exam, you must satisfy all of the pre-exam conditions required in Gov. Bar R. I (e.g., receive final character and fitness approval, file certifications that you received a J.D. and had instruction on substance abuse). You should not construe registration for use of your laptop as confirmation that you have satisfied these conditions and qualify to sit for the exam. Qualified applicants will receive confirmation of their eligibility to sit, along with their exam instructions, approximately two weeks before the exam.
For more information about the requirements for using a laptop at the bar exam, visit: www.examsoft.com/ohbar.
Rules of the Ohio Board of Bar Examiners
Bar Examination Results October 2020 and past results
Bar Examination Law School Tabulations
Multistate Bar Examination
Multistate Performance Test
Uniform Bar Examination
Bar Examination Essay Questions
The Ohio Supreme Court adopted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) and beginning with the February 2021 exam, Ohio will administer its first UBE. These essay questions were written by the Ohio Board of Bar Examiners and were used on the Ohio Bar Examination. These essay questions are simply a guide and should not be substituted for a MEE. Further, the answers associated with the essay questions and the MPT items were graded by the Ohio Board of Bar Examiners and illustrates what the Board considered above average performance on the written portion of the examination.
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