The National Conference of Bar Examiners, founded in , is a not-for-profit corporation that develops licensing tests for bar admission and provides character and fitness investigation services.
NCBE also provides testing, research, and educational services to jurisdictions; provides services to bar applicants on behalf of jurisdictions; and acts as a national clearinghouse for information about the bar examination and bar admissions.
See summaries of bar admissions information for specific jurisdictions and contact information for bar admission agencies. Learn more about the NextGen bar exam, which will first be administered in July Review examples of new question types that will be included in the NextGen bar exam.
The Bar Examiner , NCBE's quarterly publication, provides comprehensive, authoritative information on current issues in bar admissions and legal education and features annual bar examination and admission statistics by jurisdiction. The Winter — issue features a NextGen research brief on the field test, an update on the user experience side of NextGen development, a Testing Column on the recent MBE mean increase, and much more. Select the button below to explore the latest issue's table of contents or go directly to a featured article listed below.
The mission of the National Conference of Bar Examiners is to promote fairness, integrity, and best practices in admission to the legal profession for the benefit and protection of the public. As part of our vision for a competent, ethical, and diverse legal profession, we take seriously the need to work toward greater equity in all that we do as a testing organization, and we actively work to eliminate any aspects of our exams that could contribute to performance disparities among different groups.
