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MPRE Preparation: MPRE Basics

About the MPRE

The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) tests knowledge of established standards of professional conduct for lawyers and judges. Administered three times a year by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), the test consists of 60 multiple-choice questions and lasts two hours and five minutes.

The NCBE MPRE site includes additional information about the exam, including:

Conduct Rules

The MPRE covers the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, and "controlling constitutional decisions and generally accepted principles established in leading federal and state cases and in procedural and evidentiary rules."

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