MPT Tasks: A Chart that Summarizes Bar Exam MPT Tasks
MPT Tasks: A Chart that Summarizes Bar Exam MPT Tasks
In this summary chart of MPT tasks, we summarize the most important aspects of each multistate performance test (MPT) task. Read more
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In this summary chart of MPT tasks, we summarize the most important aspects of each multistate performance test (MPT) task. Read more
In this post we give you some multistate performance test (MPT) tips especially for beginners! If you are just starting to approach the MPT, you may feel unsure of where to start or overwhelmed. Here, are some MPT tips that will help you get comfortable with the MPT. Read more
Many students make the mistake of looking at the multistate performance test (MPT) a couple weeks or a month before the bar exam. In this post, we tell you why you need to start studying for the MPT early! By studying for the MPT early, not only will it be more manageable, but you will also maximize your chances of passing the bar exam! Read more
If you are taking the bar exam, you may wonder what types of MPTs (or multistate performance tests) you will see on the bar exam. In this post, we list the types of MPTs that you could potentially see on the bar exam. You can also see the frequency in which they are tested on the chart above. Read more
If you are looking for a super-efficient way to approach the MPT, download our multistate performance test one-sheet. In the MPT one-sheet, we have the common formats for each of the major types of MPT tasks in one convenient page. (You can see it in the picture above, but you can also download a PDF of the JD Advising MPT One-Sheet here. The PDF copy is a bit easier to read and more printable!) Read more
If you are like many bar exam takers, you do not feel super comfortable with the multistate performance test portion of the exam. And, you have probably not really looked at it. And you are probably more worried about the MBE. And have just sort of hoped your intelligence and writing skills would allow you to skate by the MPT porton but now you are second-guessing that. (Which is good. Better to realize you need help now than when the exam is over!)
Well, the good news is, we have a multistate performance test tip that will help all of you beginners! And that is: to start with baby MPTs. Read more
How difficult is the MPT (multistate performance test)? Many students wonder how difficult the MPT is. In Uniform Bar Exam states, the MPT is worth 20% of an examinee’s score and in non-Uniform Bar Exam states, it is usually worth about 10% of an examinee’s score. So, it is an important part of the bar exam! The real question is, how difficult is it? Read more
As of 2017, 45 jurisdictions administer the MPT! Three jurisdictions will soon also be using the multistate performance test as a component of their exam (Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Kentucky) making the MPT a component of the vast majority of state bar exams. Read more
In this post, we discuss the top five reasons that bar exam takers ignore the MPT portion of the bar exam. Hopefully, after reading these reasons, you will decide to take the MPT seriously. In fact, it may also help to check out this post on five reasons to take the MPT seriously! Read more
You may be nervous about getting a wildcard task on your MPT! A “wildcard” task is anything other than a brief, memo, or letter (which are by far the most common MPT tasks as you can see from our MPT chart). Below, we detail a list of MPT wildcard tasks!
As you approach the multistate performance test portion (MPT) of the bar exam, you may wonder how to use the MPT library. The MPT library is generally composed of cases and statutes. Occasionally, you will see secondary resources like excerpts from legislative history, journal articles, jury instructions, etc. How do you use the library? Should you read it first? If so, should you read cases first or statutes first? Here we discuss what we found works best. By having a good approach to the MPT library, you can tackle the MPT in the most efficient way possible and score high on the MPT portion of the exam!.
This continues our MPT wildcard series and is the very last post in our series! We have already discussed every other wildcard task that you might see on the MPT! Here we discuss one that has shown up twice on the MPT: a persuasive memo MPT!
If you are like many people, you don’t feel comfortable with the MPT portion of the exam. Many bar exam takers don’t realize just how uncomfortable they are with MPTs until they practice one. (And hopefully this happens before the bar exam day!) If you are one of the many that hopes to get comfortable with MPTs before the exam, there are a few things you can do to get comfortable with MPTs. Here, we tell you exactly what to do and in what order:
If you are wondering what tasks you might be asked to complete on the MPT this July, here are our thoughts. Generally, the Examiners want to see whether students can write both objectively and persuasively, usually you will see one objective task and one persuasive task. Read further to see our MPT predictions.
July 2018 UBE Predictions: Are you wondering what might be tested on the July 2018 Uniform Bar Exam (UBE)? We are too! We have created our own July 2018 UBE predictions. Below are the essay subjects and MPTs that we think are coming up, primarily based on past MEE and MPT questions.
Update: This post is being updated with what, upon information and belief, was tested on the July 2018 UBE. We will update it again once the questions are available for review by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
All updates in are green font!
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