Multistate Performance Test

The Texas Bar Examination includes the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), a skills test designed to assess the examinee's ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in a realistic situation. During the test, each examinee will receive a "file" of source documents and a "library" of cases, statutes, and rules. Using these materials, the examinee will be required to perform an assigned lawyering task, such as writing a memorandum to a supervising attorney, a letter to a client, a contract provision, a proposal for settlement, or a closing argument. Contact the National Conference of Bar Examiners for sample MPT exams. The NCBE website is www.ncbex.org or reach the agency by telephone at 608-280-8550.

Texas Essay Subjects

• Business associations, including agency, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and professional associations
• Trusts and guardianships
• Wills and administration
• Family law
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Consumer rights, including DTPA and insurance
• Real property, including oil and gas

Cross-Over Topics

• Income, estate, and gift tax issues, to be included where appropriate, as an element of questions in other subjects, such as family law, oil and gas, wills, etc.
• Bankruptcy, to be included where appropriate, as an element of questions in other subjects, such as family law, wills and estates, real property, etc.

Procedure And Evidence Subjects

• Texas civil procedure and evidence, including jurisdiction
• Federal and Texas criminal procedure and evidence