DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE OF EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

In order to assist persons wishing to prepare for the written portion of Maryland Bar Examinations, the State Board of Law Examiners provides the following materials:

1. The Out-of-State Attorneys Analysis includes each question as it appeared on the Maryland Out-of-State Attorneys bar examination and the Board’s Analysis, which is a discussion of the principal legal and factual issues raised by each question. The Board’s Analysis is not a model answer, nor is it an exhaustive listing of all possible legal issues suggested by the facts of the question.
   
   
2. The General Exam Board’s Analysis consists of a discussion of the principal legal and factual issues raised by each question on the Maryland general bar essay test. It is prepared by the Board. The Board’s Analysis is not a model answer, nor is it an exhaustive listing of all possible legal issues suggested by the facts of the question.
   
   
3. The Representative Good Answers includes a reprint of each question as it appeared on the general bar essay test followed by one or more actual answers to the essay question. The answers are reproduced without any changes or corrections by the Board, other than spelling. The Representative Good Answers are provided to illustrate how actual examinees responded to the question. The Representative Good Answers are not average passing answers nor are they necessarily answers which received a perfect score; they are responses which, in the Board’s view, illustrate successful answers.
   
   
4. The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) material includes Representative Good Answers for the MPT question administered as part of the general bar examination and explains how to obtain copies of the MPT question from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
   
   
5. The General Exam Extracts material is a PDF copy of the actual printed extracts from the general bar examination. The extracts provide selected materials from the Maryland Rules or other articles of the Annotated Code of Maryland which are intended to assist the examinee in answering one or more of the essay questions.
   

Exam Questions & Answers

• July 2012 Out-of-State Attorney's Analysis (PDF)
• July 2012 General Exam Board's Analysis (PDF)
• July 2012 Representative Good Answers (PDF)
• July 2012 Multistate Performance Test (PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• February 2012 Out-of-State Attorney's Analysis (PDF)
• February 2012 General Exam Board's Analysis (PDF)
• February 2012 Representative Good Answers (PDF)
• February 2012 Multistate Performance Test (PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• July 2011 Out-of-State Attorney's Analysis (PDF)
• July 2011 General Exam Board's Analysis (PDF)
• July 2011 Representative Good Answers (PDF)
• July 2011 Multistate Performance Test (PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• February 2011 Out-of-State Attorney's Analysis (PDF)
• February 2011 General Exam Board's Analysis (PDF)
• February 2011 Representative Good Answers (PDF)
• February 2011 Multistate Performance Test (PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• July 2010 Out-of-State Attorney's Analysis (PDF)
• July 2010 General Exam Board's Analysis (PDF)
• July 2010 Representative Good Answers (PDF)
• July 2010 Multistate Performance Test (PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• February 2010 Out-of-State Attorney's Analysis (PDF)
• February 2010 General Exam Board's Analysis (PDF)
• February 2010 Representative Good Answers (PDF)
• February 2010 Multistate Performance Test (PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• July 2009 Out-of-State Attorneys' Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2009 General Exam Board's Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2009 Representative Good Answers (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2009 Multistate Performance Test (WordPerfect or PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• February 2009 Out-of-State Attorneys' Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2009 General Exam Board's Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2009 Representative Good Answers (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2009 Multistate Performance Test (WordPerfect or PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• July 2008 Out-of-State Attorneys' Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2008 General Exam Board's Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2008 Representative Good Answers (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2008 Multistate Performance Test (WordPerfect or PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• February 2008 Out-of-State Attorneys' Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2008 General Exam Board's Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2008 Representative Good Answers (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2008 Multistate Performance Test (WordPerfect or PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• July 2007 Out-of-State Attorneys' Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2007 General Exam Board's Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2007 Representative Good Answers (WordPerfect or PDF)
• July 2007 Multistate Performance Test (WordPerfect or PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

• February 2007 Out-of-State Attorneys' Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2007 General Exam Board's Analysis (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2007 Representative Good Answers (WordPerfect or PDF)
• February 2007 Multistate Performance Test (WordPerfect or PDF)
• General Exam Extracts (PDF)

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