Michigan Bar Exam Essay Trends to be Aware of
Michigan Bar Exam Essay Trends to be Aware of
NOTE: Michigan is now administering the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) as of the February 2023 exam. This post will no longer be updated. Please go here for a UBE frequency chart.
If you are taking the Michigan Bar Exam and looking at a Michigan Bar Exam frequency chart (such as the one below) you may wonder what is most likely to appear on the essay portion of the Michigan Bar Exam that you take. It can be confusing because some subjects were not tested at all until recently (e.g., Creditors’ Rights). Others seemed to be tested consistently and regularly until a couple of years ago (e.g., Professional Responsibility).
So what does this mean for you? To study smart for the Michigan Bar Exam, you want to focus on the subjects you are most likely to see appear on the essay portion of the exam. (However, you do not want to ignore any subjects! The Michigan Board of Law Examiners (BLE) can test whatever it wants!) Here is a post on the format of the Michigan Bar Exam.
Here, we go over some Michigan Bar Exam essay subject trends which may help explain to you why some subjects appear to be inconsistently tested and what these Michigan Bar Exam essay trends mean for you! Read more