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Our nationally renowned bar review course has a few features we'd like to take a minute to brag about.
Published Pass Rates
We're the only national bar review provider that publishes state-by-state pass rates every year. Take a moment to view our exceptional pass rates, which set the standard in the industry.
Flexible Learning Platform
Our Directed StudyTM adjusts your task list based on how much work you need to complete before the bar. Alternatively, our Flex StudyTM allows you to access course content on demand.
Short, Targeted Video Lectures
Our 15–20-minute lectures are taught by world-class professors and are designed to prevent overload and maintain focus.
UWorld's MBE® QBank
This robust question-based learning tool integrated into all Themis courses use visual aids and active learning to help you tackle difficult legal principles and analyze fact patterns successfully on the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE).
Enhanced Visual Aids
With even more industry-leading visuals in our lectures, answer rationales, and outlines, we’ve made every step of your bar review clearer, more engaging, and more impactful
AI Essay Grading* = UGrader™
Expertly aligned AI essay grading for the bar exam.
Refined by legal professionals to meet current bar exam standards, UGrader delivers accurate, human-guided feedback with expert-approved insights. Gain timely, comprehensive evaluations to sharpen your study strategy and achieve success.
Dedicated Essay Grader
For all essays that UGrader doesn’t grade, you’ll receive personalized essay grading from a dedicated attorney essay grader. Your essay grader will work with you to target your weaknesses and hone your writing skills.
Proven Teaching Methodology
Our successful Prime-Present-Practice approach embraces the best practices in online education pedagogy.
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Bar Exam Format
Illinois administers the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) that consists of three parts: the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), the Multistate Essay Exam (MEE), and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). The exam is scheduled biannually on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The MPT and MEE occur on Tuesday; the MBE occurs on Wednesday.Multistate Performance Test (MPT)
(Weighted 20% of Bar Exam Score)
The MPT consists of two 90-minute items that are designed to assess the examinee’s ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation. Each examinee receives a “File” of source documents and a “Library” of cases, statutes, and rules. The MPT is a “closed universe” component in that it provides all necessary materials to answer the question and does not require the applicant to use any state-specific law.
Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)
(Weighted 30% of Bar Exam Score)
The MEE consists of six 30-minute essays testing the following subjects: all MBE subjects (Constitutional Law, Contracts and Sales, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Federal Civil Procedure, Real Property, and Torts), plus Business Associations (Agency, Corporations, and Partnerships), Conflicts of Law, Family Law, Secured Transactions, Trusts & Future Interests, and Wills & Decedents’ Estates.
Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
(Weighted 50% of Bar Exam Score)
The MBE consists of 200 multiple-choice questions that test the following areas: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts & Sales, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts. Of the 200 questions, 175 are scored questions and 25 are unscored pre-test questions. The pre-test questions are indistinguishable from the scored questions so applicants are advised to answer all questions.
Subjects Tested
Illinois Subjects
- Agency
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts & Sales
- Corporations
- Criminal Law & Procedure
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Federal Civil Procedure
- Partnerships
- Real Property
- Secured Transactions
- Torts
- Trusts and Future Interests
- Wills and Decedents' Estates
MBE Subjects
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts & Sales
- Criminal Law & Procedure
- Evidence
- Real Property
- Torts
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