Wisconsin
Overview
- Admitting Entity (Supreme Court, Mandatory Bar, etc.)
- Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners
- [State] Application Materials
- Are law students required to register with jurisdiction while in law school?
- No
- If UBE, is there a Jurisdiction Component?
- N/A
- Multistate Bar Exam?
- Yes
- Multistate Essay Exam?
- Yes
- Is exam jurisdiction-drafted?
- Yes
- Multistate Performance Test?
- Yes
- Does the jurisdiction provide information on day of testing procedures?
Official guidance only mentions the location of the exam (a Hilton Doubletree in Madison East).
- What are the restroom use rules of the admitting entity?
N/A
General
- Phone Number
- 608-266-9760
- Email Address
- Diploma Privilege
Yes
- Prelegal education requirements
No
- Legal education requirements
Must have attended law school; need not be ABA-approved per NBEX
- Registration requirements, if applicable.
N/A
- Registration fee, if applicable.
- N/A
- Limit on attempts?
- No limit
- Fee(s)
$450
- Are laptops allowed/required?
- Yes; allowed
- Laptop fee?
- $125
- Is courtesy seating allowed?
- No
- Transfer fee?
- None stated; only waives MBE portion of bar exam process
- Day-of Testing Procedures
N/A
- What security measures can applicants expect? Metal detectors? Bag search?
N/A
Eligibility
- Admission by Exam
- Yes
- Admission by Transfer
- Yes
- Admission by Motion
- Yes
- UBE Exam?
- No
- Minimum passing score?
- 258
- Can exam score be transferred?
- Yes; MBE only
- Can only UBE scores be transferred?
- No
- Is there a time limit for accepting transferred scores?
- 37 months
- Is MPRE required?
- No
- Minimum passing score
- N/A
- Is there a time period in which the MPRE score must be earned?
- N/A
- MPRE fee
- N/A
Requirements
- Application Name and Gender Identification
N/A
- What identifying documents do applicants need on test days and what name is required to be on that ID (as related to the name on the application for admission)?
N/A
- Is there assigned seating? If so, how do applicants identify their seat (i.e. name, application number, etc.) If it is by name, which name will be listed?
N/A