Where do you find essays and performance tests from past exams to practice on?
Rather than have you go hunting for them or flip through your bar course materials, I’ve compiled past essays and PTs for California. I also link to past MEE and MPT questions from various UBE jurisdictions.
California: Here are downloadable California Bar Exam essays and selected answers going back to 2001, and California performance tests (PTs) and selected answers.
๐ See also the essay answer bank for real graded answers
๐ CA essays – frequency chart and issue chart (use this to find when topics were tested)
UBE: Downloadable MEE questions and representative answers
NCBE MEE Questions and Analyses are available from 2013 July to 2018 February.
Representative answers to MEE questions are available from various states (some may be missing):
- Arkansas from 2013 February to 2021 February
- Maryland from 2019 July to 2023 February
- Minnesota from 2020 September to 2023 February
- New York from 2016 July to 2023 February
- South Dakota from 2019 February to 2021 February
MPT questions and answers are below this section. Click here to jump to MPT.
Sample answers: Arkansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, South Dakota
MEE questions (October version)
Sample answers: Arkansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Maryland, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Maryland, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Arkansas, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Arkansas
Sample answers: Arkansas
Sample answers: Arkansas
Sample answers: Arkansas
Sample answers: Arkansas
Sample answers: Arkansas
Sample answers: Arkansas
UBE: Downloadable MPT questions and representative answers
NCBE MPT Questions and Point Sheets are available from 2013 July to 2018 February.
Representative answers to MPT questions are available from various states (some may be missing):
- Arkansas from 2013 February to 2021 February
- Georgia from 2011 July to 2023 February
- Maryland from 2019 July to 2023 February
- Minnesota from 2020 September to 2023 February
- New York from 2016 July to 2023 February
- South Dakota from 2019 February to 2021 February
MEE questions and answers are above this section. Click here to jump to MEE.
MPT question (one MPT administered)
Sample answers: Arkansas MPT-1 MPT-2, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Georgia, Maryland, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Georgia, Maryland, New York, South Dakota
Sample answers: Arkansas MPT-1 MPT-2, Georgia, New York, South Dakota
UBE: Links to find past MEE questions and answers, past MPT questions and answers, and MEE and MPT analyses
The files above were sourced from these places:
- Free MEE questions and analyses from NCBE
- Free MPT questions and point sheets from NCBE
- If you want the official analyses for more recent ones, you can find them in the MEE study aids (paid)
- Some state bar websites post plenty of essays, MPTs, and selected answers
- Arkansas MEE and MPT questions and best answers (2013 and on)
- Minnesota’s representative answers (last few years)
- Maryland’s representative answers (last few years)
- South Dakota’s representative answers (last few years)
- New York Past Exam Essay Questions with Sample Candidate Answers (2016 July and on)
- Georgia Essay (not MEE) and MPT Questions and Selected Answers (2011 July and on include MPT questions and sample answers)
- Colorado MEE and MPT selected answers (past year)
Others: Check your state bar website or law school’s academics resources to see if it offers questions and selected answers
- Nevada offers sample passing answers for essays and PTs going back to 2007
- A Virginia law school offers past Virginia bar exams to review