Rule 3 Examination Administration
Rule Text
(A) The examination shall be the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) as prepared and defined by the NCBE and administered on dates and under regulations set by NCBE. The UBE consists of:
(1) The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
(2) The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)
(3) Two Multistate Performance Test items (MPT)
(B) The NCBE will grade the MBE. The Board or its agents will grade the MEE and the MPT, with the Board having final responsibility. The Board will adopt policies for grading that are consistent with the sound testing practices followed by all jurisdictions that administer the UBE. The policies shall include a provision for the NCBE to convert the raw scores on the written portion of the examination to the MBE scale by the methodology used for UBE jurisdictions. The Board will determine a method for selecting a passing score.
(C) To earn a portable UBE score that is transferable to other UBE jurisdictions, persons taking the UBE in Michigan shall sit for and take all components of the bar examination in a single administration.
(D) An applicant’s raw bar examination score shall be provided to the NCBE to calculate scaled scores. Upon request by an applicant, the NCBE will certify and transfer the applicant’s scaled score, scaled MBE score, and total UBE score to other UBE jurisdictions. The NCBE may also release to an applicant, upon request by the applicant, the applicant’s scaled MBE score, scaled written score, and total UBE score.