US Bar Exam Results

Jurisdictions that post a public list

Many jurisdictions publicly provide a list by name (some by seat number) of those who have passed the bar exam. While some of these announcements are available on the jurisdiction’s board of bar examiners website, many are easily searchable online.

The jurisdictions that publicly post the results of the bar exam include:

States like Michigan, Missouri, and North Carolina release a list of candidates that pass the bar exam and fulfill all eligibility requirements. While some jurisdictions like Michigan, Maine, and New York give advance notice to candidates before making results public, other states like Kansas, Kentucky, and Maryland provide "public" bar exam results that include seat numbers.

Jurisdictions that do not post any type of pass list

When it comes to posting a pass list, the number of jurisdictions that don't is few. Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, andPuerto Rico, for example, do not publish a pass list at all, so the details are kept discreet between the candidate and the administrator.

Comprehending your UBE results

If you sat for a Uniform Bar Examination (UBE®) and your results have been released, finding your score is pretty straightforward. You must log in to your National Conference of Bar Examiners NCBE® account and go to the score services section to submit a Transcript Services Request for your UBE score. As part of the process, the candidate is asked to provide the jurisdiction where they took the bar exam, the exam date, and the year.

Once you have your results, you must understand your score. Aside from providing your exact bar exam score, your UBE score report should also state whether or not you passed the bar test.

Note: A "passing" score on the UBE differs by jurisdiction. Just because you have a passing score in one jurisdiction doesn't mean you have a passing score in another.

When reviewing your UBE results, you should also be able to see your Multistate Bar Examination (MBE®) score; this score does not indicate the precise number of questions you answered correctly. Instead, this information is transformed into a scaled score using an algorithm. Technically speaking, there is no minimum MBE passing score. Therefore, if you performed poorly on the MBE but made up for it in the essays, you would pass the bar exam. If you fail the bar exam, you need to understand how your MBE score relates to your UBE score. To determine a passing MBE score in your jurisdiction, divide the total passing score by two. This will help you understand and decide whether you are above or below the passing number.

For further information on how scoring is calculated and for historical candidate performance data, the NCBE publishes bar statistics across all jurisdictions. The bar statistics include:

• Raw score distributions.
• Examinee counts.
• Scaled scores for the MBE and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE®).
• Scores earned and transferred by each jurisdiction for the UBE.