Content Outline for the NYS Bar Examination
The New York State Board of Law Examiners has created a content
outline in an effort to provide information regarding the subject
matter tested on the New York bar examination to law school students
and bar candidates. The outline is intended to indicate, in summary
fashion, the bar examination’s potential scope of coverage. It is
our hope that the outline will assist candidates in their
preparation.
The outline will be modified periodically, as appropriate. The Board
invites comments from legal educators, the practicing bar, bar
associations and candidates regarding the outline and regarding the
scope and coverage of the bar examination generally.
Comments may be sent to John McAlary, Executive Director, New York
State Board of Law Examiners, Corporate Plaza - Building 3, 254
Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY 12203-5195, or to our
dedicated email address -
Outline.Comments@nybarexam.org.
The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) is also administered as part of
the New York bar examination. Subject matter outlines for the MBE
are available on the website of the National Conference of Bar
Examiners at
http://www.ncbex.org/multistate-tests/mbe/.