MEE Test Booklet Instructions

The back cover of each test form contains the following instructions:

Do not break the seal on this booklet until you are told to begin.

You will have three hours in which to write your answers to six of the seven questions contained in this booklet; you will be told which of the questions you are to answer. Each question is designed to be answered in thirty minutes. There will be no break once the formal testing session begins. You may answer the questions in any order you wish. Do not answer more than one question in each answer booklet. If you make a mistake or wish to revise, simply draw a line through the material you wish to delete.

Read each fact situation very carefully and do not assume facts which are not given in the question. Do not assume that each question covers only a single area of the law; some of the questions may cover more than one of the areas you are responsible for knowing.

Demonstrate your ability to reason and analyze. Each of your answers should show: an understanding of the facts; a recognition of the issues included; the applicable principles of law; and the reasoning by which you arrive at your conclusion. The value of your answer depends not as much upon your conclusions as upon the presence and quality of the elements mentioned above.

Clarity and conciseness are important, but make your answer complete. Do not volunteer irrelevant or immaterial information.

Some jurisdictions instruct applicants to answer MEE questions according to the law of the jurisdiction. Absent such an instruction, you should answer the questions by applying fundamental legal principles rather than local case or local statutory law.