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Bar Exam Preparation Assistance at Every Stage

Bar exam preparation begins the first week of orientation, with the introduction to the Socratic Method, case law, and law school assessments. The Office of Academic Achievement offers programs designed to equip future bar takers with the tools needed to help them succeed, including:

  • Multiple Choice Tips

    Strategies for bar exam formatted multiple choice questions and how to avoid common pitfalls.

    This program is open to 3L students. Handouts are available upon request.

  • Performance Test Analysis

    Three sessions focusing on instruction and feedback on writen answers for the performance test part of the bar exam.

    This program is offered to 3L students over 3 consecutive weeks.

  • Preparation Courses

    Students prepare for the different items encountered on the bar by regularly engaging in practice exams, obtaining feedback from professors, and discussing test-taking strategies. The courses also help students become familiar with the bar application process and commercial bar preparation programs.

  • Bar Exam Study Room

    Spaces are reserved on campus for alumni studying for the bar exam.

  • Bar Exam Housing

    UIC Law coordinates with UIC Campus Housing to provide economically-priced accommodations just minutes away from the bar exam test sites.

Bar Exam Boot Camp

Bar Exam Boot Camp is offered twice a year by the Office of Academic Achievement to refresh students’ knowledge on key bar topics and do practice tests before the bar exam. Funded by the Hausman Fund, this program is complimentary to participants and provides them with instruction on how to improve performance on writing bar exam essay answers and monitors their performance on weekly essay and multiple choice practice questions. UIC Law professors aid in student development and share their expertise on such topics as criminal law, constitutional law, and civil procedure.

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Align Your Studies With Bar Exam Material

Have confidence knowing that the courses you have studied over your law school career at UIC Law will align with the material you will encountering on the Illinois Bar Exam.

*Highlighted courses are tested on almost every bar exam in the United States; they are always tested on the Illinois Bar Exam

  • Required Courses

    • Contracts I & II
    • Torts
    • Property
    • Criminal Law
    • Evidence
    • Civil Procedure I & II
    • Constitutional Law I & II

  • Bar Exam Preparation

    • Bar Essay Writing
    • Legal Fundamentals
    • Writing for the Practice of Law

  • Electives

    • Agency
    • Advanced Torts*
    • Conflict of Laws
    • Corporations
    • Criminal Procedure I: Police Investigations*
    • Estates and Trusts
    • Family Law
    • Products Liability*
    • Remedies
    • Sales Transactions*
    • Secured Transactions

Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE)

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is a 60-question, two-hour and five minute, multiple-choice examination administered three times each year.

The MPRE is required for admission to the bars of all but three U.S. jurisdictions. Passing scores, which are established by each jurisdiction, currently vary between 75 and 86. An applicant need not take the MPRE before taking the bar exam, but must have done so and obtained a passing score before he or she can be recommended for admissions to the bar.

Additional Information at MRPE

Bar Exam Information