The Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, or MPRE, is a sixty question exam used to measure a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of what is considered professional, ethical conduct for a law practitioner. The MPRE is a requirement for admission to the bar in most of the United States. Only Maryland, Washington, and Wisconsin do not use the MPRE, although they do have their own ethics component for admission to the bar.

This multiple choice examination is based on:

1. The American Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct,
2. The American Bar Association’s Model Code of Judicial Conduct,
3. Accepted procedural and evidentiary rules, and
4. Other principles established by important federal or state cases.

After the exam is scored, each result is converted into a scaled score based on the calculated ‘difficulty’ of that particular exam. From there, the results are compared to a minimum passing score, which is set independently by each participating state. The minimum passing scores range from 75 to 86.

The bar exam, arguably the most well-known aspect of admission to the bar, differs from the MPRE in several ways. For example, though a degree from an accredited law school or institution is usually required in order to take the bar exam, the MPRE is, in most cases, administered before graduation. Furthermore, unlike bar exams, MPRE scores are considered valid by virtually all jurisdictions in the US, differing only in the minimum score required to pass.

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