Changes to Evidence on the MBE: Hearsay will be tested less!
Without so much as an announcement, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) suddenly changed the amount of scored questions that would appear on the MBE. Instead of the standard 190 scored questions (with ten “test” questions that remained unscored), they are now going to score only 175 of the 200 questions. Thus, in 2017, there will be 25 “test” questions.
Before, there were 27 questions on six of the seven MBE subjects (Evidence, Real Property, Torts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Civil Procedure) and 28 questions on Contracts & Sales. In 2017, there will be 25 questions on each of the seven subjects.
Okay, great. So, that’s it? No!
The NCBE also changed the proportion of topics that would be tested on the Evidence portion of the MBE.
NOTE: if you are reading this post after 2017, this information is NOT new!
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