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All foreign-educated lawyers
Whether eligible based on your common law education or through your LL.M. degree - must submit the On-Line Request for Evaluation of Foreign Academic Credentials to get a decision on their eligibility for the New York Bar Exam.  The Board of Law Examiners is recommending that students submit that Request at least a year before you plan to sit for the exam.  Candidate without a LLM degree may consider our online LLM program offered by Florida Coastal School of Law.  
 
Applicants with LLM qualifications
  1. A Law Degree from a law school recognized by competent accrediting agency of the government of the foreign country and must be deemed qualified and approved.
  2. The program of study must also be “substantially” equivalent in duration to a full-time or part-time program required at a law school in the United States approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).
  3. The foreign country’s jurisprudence must be based upon the principles of the English Common Law.
 
Examination Format
Day 1 
09:00 – 12:15 3 Essays 50 Multiple Choice Questions
14:00 – 17:00 2 EssaysMULTISTATE PERFORMANCE TEST (MPT)*  
Day 2 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)** 
09:00 – 12:30100 Multiple Choice Questions 
14:00 – 17:00 100 Multiple Choice Questions 
 
* MPT covers legal analysis, fact analysis, problem solving, resolution of ethical dilemmas, organization and management of a lawyering task, and communication.
** MBE topics include Constitutional Law, Contracts & Sales, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property and Torts.
 

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