Nebraska uses the two-day Universal Bar Exam (UBE) which consists of consists of three components: Multistate Performance Test (MPT), Multistate Essay Exam (MEE), and Multistate Bar Exam (MBE).
Applications must be received by Nov 1, 2022, to avoid paying a late filing fee. A late filing fee of $150 applies until Dec 1, 2022, after which no further applications are accepted.
| Exam Dates: | Feb 21-22, 2023 & July 25-26 2023 |
| Exam Type: | Two-day UBE exam with multiple choice and long-form questions |
| Location: | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Application Fee: | $515 / $615 |
| On-Motion Application Fee: | $950 |
| Filing Deadline: | Nov 1, 2022 |
| Late Filing Deadline: | Dec 1, 2022 |
| Late Fee: | $150 |
The Nebraska State Bar Exam is currently scheduled to take place on Tuesday, Feb 21st, and Wednesday, Feb 22nd, 2023. Visit the Supreme Court of Nebraska website for updated information.
The Nebraska Bar Exam will be held at a location to be announced in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The standard application fee for the Nebraska Bar exam is $515, and applicants without a passing MPRE score will pay $615.
A late exam application fee of $150 applies for applications received between Nov 2nd and Dec 1, 2022. No applications received after Dec 1, 2022 will be accepted.
Other additional fees may include, but are not limited to:
The Nebraska State Bar Exam tests on the following subjects:
Constitutional Law
Contracts/Sales
Criminal Law/Procedure
Evidence
Real Property
Torts
Agency
Commercial Paper
Conflict of Laws
Corporations
Family Law
Federal Civil Procedure
Partnerships
Secured Transactions
Trusts & Future Interests
Wills
Plus all MBE subjects
“Closed universe” practical problem using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.
The Nebraska State Bar Exam follows a two-day Universal Bar Exam (UBE) format:
Morning: two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions
Afternoon: six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) questions
Morning: 100 multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) questions
Afternoon: 100 multiple-choice Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) questions
Nebraska requires a scaled MPRE score of 85 for admission. Applicants without a passing MPRE may be able to sit the exam through the payment of an additional fee.
The MPT and MEE component of the exam are weighted to the MBE component:
Applicants must acquire a total score of 270 to pass the exam.
The Nebraska Bar Exam scores are usually released in mid-September. However, if the exam is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of the scores may also be delayed.
Nebraska doesn’t accept MBE scores from other jurisdictions.
Nebraska provides reciprocity if the applicant under the following circumstances:
Nebraska State Bar Commission of the Nebraska Supreme Court
3806 Normal Blvd.
Lincoln, Nebraska 68506-5241
Telephone: (402) 471-3092
nsc.attyadmissions@nebraska.gov