Bar Exam Resources Guide

The Pennsylvania bar exam is 2 days and is administered twice a year, the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. General details and passing standards for the Pennsylvania bar exam may be found online.

Pennsylvania Bar Exam Schedule:

Day 1: PT & 6 Essays

Day 2: MBE, 6 hours

The essay and PT portions of the Pennsylvania bar exam are 55% of your total bar exam score and tests the following subjects:

• Civil Procedure (PA and federal)
• Criminal Law (including related PA and federal constitutional issues and DUI)
• Conflict of Laws
• Contracts
• Business Organizations (including corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and professional corporations)
• Wills, Trusts, and Decedents' Estates (including related fiduciary responsibilities)
• Evidence (PA and federal)
• Family Law
• Federal Constitutional Law
• Federal Income Taxes (personal only and limited to taxable and non-taxable income, deductions, proprietorships, and capital transactions)
• Professional Responsibility
• Real Property
• Torts
• UCC Art. II - Sales
• Employment Discrimination (limited to Title VII, ADA, and ADEA)

The MBE portion of the Pennsylvania bar exam is 45% of your total bar exam score and tests the following subjects:

• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Evidence
• Real Property
• Torts

Pennsylvania provides previous essay and PT questions with model sample answers online along with MBE information.