{"id":30002,"date":"2022-01-24T10:30:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=30002"},"modified":"2022-01-24T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:47:03","slug":"how-to-register-for-the-ube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/bar\/how-to-register-for-the-ube\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Register for the UBE\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/bar-exam\/what-is-the-uniform-bar-examination\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UBE (Uniform Bar Exam)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a transferable standardized bar exam administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). The test is comprised of three parts: The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/bar\/all-about-the-multistate-essay-exam\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multistate Essay Examination<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MEE), two Multistate Performance Test (MPT) tasks, and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/bar\/bar-points-all-about-the-multistate-bar-exam\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multistate Bar Examination<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MBE).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UBE scores can be transferred to other jurisdictions where the UBE has been adopted, as long as all sections of the UBE were taken in the same UBE administration. All jurisdictions <\/span><b><i>except<\/i><\/b> <b><i>the following<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> accept the UBE:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Florida<\/li>\n<li>Georgia<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guam<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Indiana<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kentucky<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mississippi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevada<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northern Mariana Islands<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oklahoma<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palau<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pennsylvania<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puerto Rico\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Dakota<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wisconsin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Who is eligible to take the UBE?<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each jurisdiction sets its own standards of eligibility for bar applicants. Some permit only J.D. or LL.B. graduates of American Bar Association (ABA)-Approved law schools to sit for the UBE, while others accept any domestic or foreign law degree when combined with a certain number of years practicing law in another jurisdiction, bar admission in another state, or a number of hours at an ABA-approved law school.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How do I register for the UBE?<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UBE is administered over a two-day period in February and July each year. Applicants take the MEE and MPT on the last Tuesday of the month, followed by the MBE on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you know when you want to take the UBE, complete the following two steps of UBE registration:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.ncbex.org\/php\/ncbe_number\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCBE (National Conference of Bar Examiners) account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select your jurisdiction and the dates on which you\u2019d like to test.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The UBE registration fee and deadline is dependent upon the jurisdiction you\u2019ve selected; refer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbex.org\/pdfviewer\/?file=%2Fassets%2FBarAdmissionGuide%2FNCBE-CompGuide-2019.pdf#page=41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">information provided by the NCBE<\/a> for more information on your jurisdiction\u2019s test registration policies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requested accommodations on the UBE are handled at the jurisdiction level. Contact your jurisdiction if you require testing accommodations.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_sidebar  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >What\u2019s a good UBE score?<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UBE is scored out of a possible 400 points, with the MBE weighted 50%, the MEE 30%, and the MPT 20%. Different jurisdictions <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/bar\/ube-passing-scores-by-state\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have different minimum score requirements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That means that while your score may not be high enough to practice law in one jurisdiction, it might be high enough to practice in another. The lowest minimum UBE score requirement is 260 (Alabama, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota) and the highest is 280 (Alaska). Some jurisdictions place a limit on the number of times an applicant can attempt to pass the UBE while others do not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that neither the UBE nor jurisdiction-specific bar exams automatically qualify a bar applicant to practice law. Each jurisdiction sets its own standards for who will be permitted to practice law, and additional requirements may include a separate test with jurisdiction-specific content, a character examination, or other prerequisites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCBE automatically sends your score to the jurisdiction in which you\u2019ve taken the UBE. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may get your score back automatically or you may need to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbex.org\/ncbe-exam-score-services\/ube-score-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">request an unofficial score report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in order to learn your score. Keep in mind that it will take several months to get your UBE score back, and it\u2019s common to start conditional work at a law firm before you\u2019re officially admitted to the bar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[ <\/span><b>Keep Reading<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/bar\/ube-passing-scores-by-state\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UBE Passing Scores State by State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UBE (Uniform Bar Exam) is a transferable standardized bar exam administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). The test is comprised of three parts: The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), two Multistate Performance Test (MPT) tasks, and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE).\u00a0 UBE scores can be transferred to other jurisdictions where the UBE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[8,14,15,16,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40547,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002\/revisions\/40547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}