By Order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, an applicant must take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) and achieve a minimum scaled score of 75 in order to be admitted to the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Currently, there is no time limit for taking the MPRE prior to sitting for the Pennsylvania bar examination. Applicants have up to six months after bar examination results are released to successfully pass the MPRE and have the official results transferred to the board office. You will be required to submit a supplemental application (see Pa.B.A.R. 231), including the application fee, if you do not provide the board office with official scores in accordance with the aforementioned requirements. Applicants should refer to the provisions of Pa.B.A.R. 231, which impose added requirements on applicants who, for any reason, including the failure to pass the MPRE, have not filed a motion for admission to the bar within certain time periods from the date when their successful bar examination results were released.
If you intend to file a motion for admission to the bar more than six months after the date your successful bar examination results were released, you will be required to submit a supplemental application to the board office in order to have an updated character and fitness determination. (See Pa.B.A.R. 231)
If you do not file a motion for admission to the bar within three years after the date your successful bar examination results were released, you must reapply for permission to sit for the bar examination, successfully retake the bar examination, and meet all other application requirements in effect at the time of application.
You must request that official notification of your MPRE score be sent directly to the board office from the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Unofficial scores will not be accepted. Completed application materials for testing, as well as other correspondence, inquiries, and requests concerning application materials and the administration and processing of the MPRE, should be directed to the following:
Questions concerning MPRE scores should always include: Social Security Number, birth date, test date, and signature. Inquiries should be directed to the following: