Rule 211 (Effective August 12, 2026) Passing Scores and Notification of Results. [Effective August 12, 2026]
Section II. Admission by Examination
Rule Text
(a) A passing score on the Legacy UBE is a scaled score of 270 or greater. A passing score on the NextGen UBE is a total score of 620 or greater.
(b) A passing score on the MPRE is a scaled score of 85 points or greater. An application will not be considered until the applicant has submitted evidence of a passing MPRE score. Such evidence must be submitted within one year of the date of administration of the examination on which the applicant obtained a passing UBE score.
(c) For each applicant who receives a failing UBE score, the Board shall notify the Court of the results. For each applicant who receives a passing UBE score, the Board shall notify the Court of the results of the examination after receipt of results from the MPRE and after the Committee has made its recommendation regarding the applicant’s good moral character and fitness to practice law.
(d) The Court shall notify each applicant of the applicant’s scores upon receipt of the Board’s and (in the case of applicants who received a passing UBE score) the Committee’s recommendation regarding the applicant’s eligibility for admission.
(e) Applicant scores shall not be disclosed to any person other than the applicant except that:
(i) Upon written request of an applicant, the Board may disclose the applicant’s UBE scores to the bar examining authority of any United States jurisdiction;
(ii) The Board may compile and disseminate passage rate reports as directed or approved by the Court;
(iii) Upon request, the Board shall provide to the NCBE and the dean of the applicant’s law school, or their designee, statistical detail for each applicant taking the UBE in Wyoming. This statistical detail shall include: applicant name, pass/fail status on the UBE, and the number of times the applicant has taken the UBE in Wyoming. The applicant’s law school shall maintain the confidential nature of the exam information except for release of aggregated exam statistics for ABA-accreditation purposes.
(f) In the event an applicant has obtained a passing score on the UBE prior to the date of application, the UBE on which the applicant obtained a passing score must have been conducted less than three years prior to application for admission.
Amendment history: Amended and effective December 14, 2012; amended August 27, 2014, effective October 1, 2014; amended June 2, 2015, effective July 1, 2015; amended March 7, 2016, effective April 15, 2016; amended August 30, 2016, effective January 1, 2017; amended November 5, 2020, effective January 4, 2021; amended June 12, 2026, effective August 12, 2026.