Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information as of July, 2000.
Examiners is recommended.
Timely application for the February exam is prior to August 30, 2001. The MBE consists of 200 multiple choice questions which test specific points of law in the areas of Constitutional Law, Evidence, Torts, Contracts and Sales, Real Property, and Criminal Law and Procedure. Four new subjects were tested beginning in July, 1999. The MPT is a single 90 minute question designed to test a candidate's ability to competently perform real-life tasks of a new lawyer. Persons who have been actively engaged in the practice of law for at least three of the last five years are eligible to sit for the Texas Short Form Attorney's Exam, which consists of Texas substantive law and procedure.