Rule XI
Texas Bar Examination
Amendment
effective January 1, 2008
(a) The Supreme Court, by separate order, has established a list of the
subjects for the Texas Bar Examination which shall be open to public inspection
at all reasonable times.
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(b) The Texas Bar Examination shall be given at such places as the Board may
direct.
(c) The Texas Bar Examination shall be given two times each year, beginning
on the Tuesday before the last Wednesday of the months of February and July,
unless the Board otherwise directs.
(d) The approved Applicants for an examination are required to be in
attendance at the time and place designated by the Board.
(e) The Texas Bar Examination shall last two and one-half
days and shall consist of the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), given on
Tuesday morning; the Procedure and Evidence Questions (P&E), given on Tuesday
morning; the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), given on Wednesday; and the Texas
Essay Questions (Essays), given on Thursday. After grading the answers to the
MPT, the P&E, and the Essays, the resulting raw scores on each of these portions
will be scaled to the Multistate Bar Examination, using the equipercentile
method. Scores on the various portions of the examination will be weighted as
follows: MPT, 10%; P&E, 10%; MBE, 40%; and Essays, 40%. Applicants who earn a
combined scaled score of 675 (out of a possible 1000 points) shall pass the
examination. A partial score on any portion of a failed
examination shall not be applied to any subsequent examination.
(f) An Applicant may take no more than five (5) examinations.
[Amendment
signed December 12, 2006] However, for good cause shown, the Board at its
discretion may waive this limitation upon such conditions as the Board may
prescribe.
(g) Any Applicant who has failed the examination at least two times may
submit a written request, within two weeks of the release of the examination
results, for a Formal Review of the Applicant’s performance on the immediately
preceding examination (excluding the multistate portion). Such Formal Review
shall take place in Austin, Texas at a time selected by the Board and shall
consist of an individual oral review of such examination papers by the examining
members of the Board. Regardless of the number of examinations taken, an
Applicant may receive only one Formal Review under the provisions of this
paragraph, provided, however, that no Applicant may obtain both a Formal Review
and Informal Review of the same examination.
(h) Any Applicant who has failed the examination may submit a written
request, within two weeks of the release of the examination results, for an
Informal Review of the Applicant’s performance on his/her failed parts of the
immediately preceding examination (excluding the multistate portion). The form
of such Informal Review shall be either oral or written, at the discretion of
the examining members of the Board. An Applicant may request an Informal Review
each time (s)he fails all or part of an examination.
(i) The Board shall keep, for one year from the date of every examination,
all failing parts of such examination. The Board shall not be required to keep
any passing parts of any examination.
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list of such subjects, established by the Supreme Court as of the time of
publication, is included in Appendix A to these Rules. In the event the Court
changes such list, the Board will provide a copy of the revised list upon
request.
Rulebook
since August 29, 2003
Last modified
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