Before being licensed to practice law in Louisiana, an applicant must submit evidence to the Board that he/she has, within two calendar years of the time he/she passes the Louisiana Bar Examination, achieved a scaled score of 80 or better on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination administered by the designee of the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
The MPRE is a fifty-question, two-hour, multiple choice test given in March, August, and November of each year at various locations across the country.
| Test Date | RegularApplication Receipt Deadline |
Late Application Receipt Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2006* | January 31, 2006 | February 16, 2006 |
| August 4, 2006 | June 27, 2006 | July 13, 2006 |
| November 4, 2006* | September 26, 2006 | October 12, 2006 |
*This test date is a Saturday morning. If your religious beliefs preclude you from taking the exam on a Saturday contact the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
You may obtain an application packet from your law school or from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
National Conference of Bar Examiners
MPRE Application Department
2255 N. Dubuque Rd.
P.O. Box 4001
Iowa City, IA 52243-4001
319-337-1304
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