Multistate Bar Exam Scores Tick Up in February, Test Takers Down

April 13, 2021, 9:37 PM UTC

Scores for the Multistate Bar Exam ticked up slightly in the February test that remained online in many states, but far fewer people took the exam compared with the previous winter.

The mean scaled score for the national MBE held about two months ago was 134, up about 1.4 percentage points from the February 2020 mean score of 132.6, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the group composes the test.

The MBE is a key portion of each state’s overall bar exams that are administered twice per year. Passing scores are determined state by state and are based ...

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