Mississippi
Admission Process
- Admitting Entity
- Mississippi Supreme Court
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions
- Phone Number
- 601-359-3694
- Email Address
None provided
- Admission by Exam
- Yes
- Admission by Score Transfer
- No
- Admission by Motion
- Yes
- Diploma Privilege
No
Education Requirements
- Application Materials
- Prelegal Education Requirements
Yes; must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or have received credit for the requirements of the first 3 years of college work from a college or university offering an integrated six-year prelaw and law course and have completed the law course there
- Legal Education Requirements
Must have successfully completed, or at the time of taking the bar examination will be within 60 days of completion of, a general course of study of law in a law school which is provisionally or fully approved by the ABA.
- Mandatory Law Student Bar Card Registration in Jurisdiction
- Yes
- Mandatory Student Registration Requirements (if applicable)
Must be filed on or before October 1st after completion of 2 semesters of law school, or the equivalent thereof.
- Mandatory Student Registration Fee (if applicable)
- $100
Bar Exam
- Universal Bar Exam
- No
- Jurisdiction-Specific Component
- N/A
- Multistate Bar Exam
- Yes
- Multistate Essay Exam
- Yes
- Jurisdiction-Drafted Exam
- Yes, there are Mississippi-specific essay questions.
- Multistate Performance Test
- Yes
- Attempt Limit on Bar Exam
- 4
- Minimum Passing Bar Exam Score
- 132
- Fee(s)
$850 for first time applicant; $550 for law student registration application update; $575 for retake application
- Laptops Allowed/Required
- Allowed
- Laptop Fee
- $113
- Courtesy Seating Availability
- No
Transfer Score
- Transferred Scores Accepted
- Yes, MBE score
- UBE Score Required for Transfer
- MBE only
- Score Transfer Time Limit
- N/A
- Score Transfer Fee
- N/A
Mpre
- Passing MPRE Score Required
- Yes
- Minimum Passing MPRE Score
- 75
- Time Limit on MPRE Score
- Within 24 months before or within 12 months after the date of the Mississippi Bar Examination at which the applicant achieves a passing result
- MPRE Fee
- $160
- MPRE Application Name and Gender Identification Requirements
The MPRE application requires the first and last name to match exactly as listed on valid government-issued photo identification. If the applicant indicates they have been known by a different name, they must list the first name and last name or surname and does not have the option to explain the reason for the name change. The demographic information section asks, “[w]which of the following questions best represents your gender identity?” and provides the following options: “man,” “woman,” “non-binary,” “gender not listed here (please specify),” and “I prefer not to have my response used for research purposes.”
- MPRE Testing Day Procedures
An applicant testing at a Pearson VUE testing center must present a government-issued primary ID and a secondary ID. The primary ID must include a first and last name, recent recognizable photo, and signature. The secondary ID must include at least a first and last name and signature or first and last name and recent recognizable photo. The first and last name used to register must match exactly both IDs presented on test day. Any name corrections must be submitted through the NCBE Account Dashboard at least 48 hours before the first day of the test administration. Before entering the test room, Pearson VUE will collect a digital photograph and digital signature to verify identity. The applicant must consent to the NCBE Candidate Rules Agreement, which in part requires that if the applicant uses the restroom during testing, they must use “the restroom that is closest to the testing room” and pat themselves down (arms, legs, waistline) when leaving and re-entering the testing room. Applicants must also pat themselves down before entering the test room for the first time.
Testing Day Procedures
- Bar Exam Testing Day Procedures
No information available
- Bar Exam Testing Day Restroom Rules
No information available
- Bar Exam Testing Day Security Measures
No information available
- Bar Exam Testing Day Identification Documents
No information available
- Bar Exam Testing Day Seating Assignment
No information available