General Information

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is assembled and administered by ACT, Inc., on behalf of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Applicants take the MPRE as partial fulfillment of the requirements for application for admission to practice law in jurisdictions that require the MPRE. The examination is administered three times per year at established test centers across the country.

The current test specifications for the MPRE were adopted in 1999. The MPRE is based on the law governing the conduct of lawyers, including the disciplinary rules of professional conduct currently articulated in the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct, as well as controlling constitutional decisions and generally accepted principles established in leading federal and state cases and in procedural and evidentiary rules.

Since the requirements for accepting an MPRE score vary from one jurisdiction to another, check with the board(s) of bar examiners in each jurisdiction to which you intend to apply before completing the application materials. Examination results will be forwarded to one jurisdiction of your choice and will be kept on file at the office of the National Conference of Bar Examiners in Iowa City, Iowa. For information about reports to additional jurisdictions, see the MPRE Score Reports link on this page.

Test construction and administrative services for the MPRE are provided by:

ACT, Inc., 301 ACT Drive, PO Box 4001, Iowa City, IA 52243-4001.

NCBE and its contractor (ACT) take steps that are intended to ensure that exam registration materials are properly handled and processed, and that exams and answer sheets are properly prepared, printed, handled and scored. In the unlikely event that a mistake occurs in preparing, handling, processing or scoring an exam, or in reporting scores, NCBE will correct the error, if possible, or permit the affected examinee(s) either to retest at no additional fee or to receive a refund of his or her examination fee. These remedies are the exclusive remedies available to examinees for errors in preparing, handling or processing registration materials; in printing, handling or processing exams and exam answer sheets; or in determining or reporting scores.

Where to Write with Questions about the MPRE

Requests for an MPRE application packet, completed application materials, as well as all other correspondence, inquiries, and requests concerning application materials and the administration and processing of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), should be directed to:

National Conference of Bar Examiners
MPRE Application Department
301 ACT Drive
PO Box 4001
Iowa City, IA 52243-4001
Phone: 319-341-2500

TDD for Persons with Hearing Impairments:
319-337-1701 (must call from a TDD)

Questions concerning MPRE scores should always include Social Security number, birth date, test date, and signature. Inquiries should be directed to:

National Conference of Bar Examiners
MPRE Records Department
PO Box 451
Iowa City, IA 52243-0451
Phone: 319-337-1304

TDD for Persons with Hearing Impairments:
319-337-1701 (must call from a TDD)

Correspondence and inquiries regarding policy, research, and test development should be directed to:

National Conference of Bar Examiners
PO Box 168
Iowa City, IA 52243-0168