Subjects Tested on the Illinois Bar

The Illinois Bar Exam is a 2-day exam

Day 1:
One 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) question, the six-question Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) and three questions drafted by Illinois examiners.

Day 2:
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200 question, multiple-choice exam.

Subjects Tested

MBE Subjects:
Constitutional Law, Contracts/Sales, Criminal Law/Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, Torts.

MEE/ Illinois Essay Subjects:
Administrative Law, Agency, Commercial Paper, Conflict of Laws, Corporations, Equity, Family Law, Federal Jurisdiction & Procedure, Federal Taxation, IL Civil Procedure, Partnerships, Personal Property, Sales, Secured Transactions, Suretyship, Trusts & Future Interests, Wills (Decedents' Estates), plus all MBE subjects.

Multistate Performance Test:
"Closed universe" practical problem using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.