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Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) Syllabus
200-question multiple-choice component of the bar exam testing core subjects, administered by NCBE. The full Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) syllabus: 7 subjects, 38 chapters, 136 topics and 363 sub-topics, with 429 flashcards written against it.
Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) subjects
Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) has 7 subjects. Each one is listed below with its chapters in syllabus order; open a subject for every topic and sub-topic inside them.
Constitutional Law
- Judicial Power and the Structure of Government · 4 topics
- Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations · 4 topics
- Individual Rights: Due Process and Equal Protection · 5 topics
- First Amendment Freedoms · 5 topics
Contracts
- Formation of Contracts · 4 topics
- Governing Law and the UCC Sale of Goods · 4 topics
- Performance, Conditions, and Discharge · 3 topics
- Breach and Remedies · 4 topics
- Third-Party Rights · 3 topics
- Warranties in the Sale of Goods · 3 topics
Criminal Law and Procedure
- Elements and Principles of Criminal Liability · 3 topics
- Inchoate Crimes and Parties · 3 topics
- Specific Offenses · 3 topics
- Defenses to Criminal Liability · 3 topics
- Constitutional Criminal Procedure: Searches and Seizures · 3 topics
- Confessions, Identifications, and Trial Rights · 4 topics
Evidence
- Relevance and Its Limits · 4 topics
- Witnesses, Examination, and Impeachment · 4 topics
- Hearsay and Its Exceptions · 5 topics
- Privileges and Exclusionary Rules · 3 topics
- Opinions, Experts, and Authentication · 4 topics
Real Property
- Ownership Interests and Estates in Land · 3 topics
- Landlord-Tenant Law · 3 topics
- Rights in the Land of Others and Land Use · 4 topics
- Real Estate Contracts and Conveyancing · 3 topics
- Title Assurance and Recording · 3 topics
- Mortgages and Security Interests in Land · 3 topics
Torts
- Intentional Torts · 3 topics
- Negligence · 5 topics
- Strict Liability and Products Liability · 4 topics
- Defamation and Privacy Torts · 4 topics
- Economic and Miscellaneous Torts; Shared Liability · 4 topics
Civil Procedure
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Removal · 4 topics
- Personal Jurisdiction, Venue, and Notice · 3 topics
- Pleadings, Joinder, and Parties · 3 topics
- Discovery and Pretrial Procedure · 3 topics
- Adjudication, Trial, and Appeals · 3 topics
- Preclusion and the Erie Doctrine · 3 topics
Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) flashcards
429 question-and-answer cards across 7 subject decks, each shown in full on its subject page.
Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) syllabus FAQ
What subjects are in the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) syllabus?
Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) covers 7 subjects: Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, Torts and Civil Procedure.
How many chapters and topics are in the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) syllabus?
38 chapters and 136 topics, broken down further into 363 sub-topics, across 7 subjects. Contracts is the largest subject, with 21 topics in 6 chapters.
Are there Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) flashcards?
Yes — 429 question-and-answer flashcards in 7 subject decks. Each deck is printed in full on its subject page here, and the same cards are in the Examius app with spaced repetition. The free plan covers one exam of your choice, including its flashcards; Examius Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every other exam and deck.
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