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Page 1: Indiana Bar Exam - Valparaiso University · If you plan to take the Indiana bar exam, please read. The examination dates for the Indiana Bar Examination for 2014 are: ... Evidence,

Important!

If you plan to take the Indiana bar exam, please read.

The examination dates for the Indiana Bar Examination for 2014 are:

February: Tuesday, February 25 July: Tuesday, July 29Wednesday, February 26 Wednesday, July 30

Indiana Bar Exam

The two-day Indiana bar exam contains three (3) components:

(1) Two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions: “Closed universe”practical problem using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other referencematerial supplied by examiners.

(2) Six Indiana essay questions selected from the following subjects:

Business Organizations (Agency, Corporations, LLCs, and Partnerships)Commercial Law (Commercial Paper, Sales, and Secured Transactions)Indiana Constitutional LawFamily LawPleading and PracticePersonal PropertyTaxation (Federal and State)Wills, Trusts & Estates

(3) The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) consisting of 200 multiple choice questions coveringthe following subjects: Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure,Evidence, Property, and Torts. Civil Procedure will be added in February 2015.

The three tests are weighted as follows: MPT 20%, Indiana Essay Exam 30%, MBE 50%. The passing score is a combined scaled score of 264.

Indiana bar examination applications are available online at:http://www.in.gov/judiciary/ble/exam/index.html