Examiners recently conducted studies of the Bar Examination and the minimum passing score, and concluded that the minimum passing score should be raised ten points, to 270, in two-point increments over each of the next five years. It reported its conclusion to the Supreme Court and requested its approval for the change. Background The Rules of the Supreme Court for Admission to the Bar authorize the Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners to examine the fitness of applicants to practice law, and to fix the minimum satisfactory grade for success on examinations.
Examiners specify the form of the examination or the minimum passing score.
These are established by other actions of the Board. An applicant's score on the MBE is the number of correct answers. Each essay answer is given a grade from one to seven, with higher numbers assigned to better answers. An applicant's total essay raw score is the sum of the applicant's scores on the eight questions. The total essay raw scores of all applicants are converted to a 200-point scale, with the same mean and standard deviation as the applicants' MBE scores.