Michigan’s Bar Exam Goes to the UBE for July 2022
September 7, 2021
The Michigan Supreme Court is moving to implement the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) for Michigan bar exam applicants, effective for the July 2022 administration.
Michigan will become the 40th jurisdiction to administer the Uniform Bar Examination.
The UBE consists of three components: the Multistate Bar Exam (a day of 200 multiple-choice questions on seven subjects to test subject-matter knowledge), the Multistate Essay Exam (six 30-minute essay questions on any of twelve listed subjects, emphasizing written analysis), and the Multistate Performance Exam (two 90-minute writing assignments that test lawyering skills). The UBE is uniformly administered and graded. It results in a portable score that can be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions.
Michigan has administered the MBE but has not administered the MPT or MEE essays. Michigan essays have been 20 minute essays in contrast to he UBE 30 minute essays. Michigan currently lists 16 subjects, in contrast to the UBE’s 12 subjects.
Students at Michigan law schools who are open to practicing in other UBE jurisdictions will welcome the score-portability feature. Applicants can take the bar exam with the knowledge that they can transfer their score to almost anywhere a job offer might take them and a failing score can be transferred to jurisdictions with a lower passing score.
The Supreme Court has not announced what the passing score will be. The UBE has a maximum of 400 points. Other jurisdictions have set their passing scores between 260 (five jurisdictions) and 280 (one jurisdiction). The most common is 270 (fourteen jurisdictions). Neighboring Illinois’s is 266; Ohio’s is 270. Indiana is going with 264.
Also still to be revealed is whether a separate test or course on local law will be required. Currently, somewhat less than half of UBE jurisdictions have added a separate jurisdiction-specific test, course or combination of the two.
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