Rule 11 - The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination(a) General Requirement. Each person who is admitted after July 1, 1987, shall have obtained a passing grade on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) prepared and administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The MPRE may be taken at any time and place that is offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, within or without the State of Maine.(b) Educational Qualifications. The MPRE may be taken at any time after an applicant has entered law school. (c) Passing Score. A scale score of 80 as established by the National Conference of Bar Examiners shall be the passing score in this State for the MPRE, except that an MPRE scale score of 75 as established by the National Conference of Bar Examiners for an MPRE taken before July 1, 2006, shall be accepted from any applicant who is not admitted in any other jurisdiction. (d) Applicants for Admission by Examination. An applicant for admission by examination must have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the applicant is admitted. (e) Applicants for Admission by Motion. An applicant for admission by motion must either (1) have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the application is filed or (2) if relying on a passing score on the MPRE that is more than 15 years old, demonstrate to the Board that the applicant in the past was admitted to practice law in another United States jurisdiction that, at the time of the applicant's admission in that jurisdiction, required a passing score on the MPRE that was equal to or greater than the passing score in this State.(f)Applicants for Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score. An applicant for admission by transferred Uniform Bar Examination score must have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the application is filed.Amended effective 10/1/2006;6/19/2014, effective 9/1/2014; effective5/3/2017; amended October 4, 2022, effective 10/4/2022.Advisory Note - October 2022
Rule 11(d) is amended to require a passing score on the MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the applicant is admitted rather than the date on which the application is filed.
Advisory Notes-May 2017
Consistent with the concurrent amendments to Rule 11A, subdivision (e) is amended to delete reference to the reciprocity requirement for applicants seeking admission by motion.
Subdivision (f) is added to reflect the adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in January 2017.
Advisory Note - June 2014
Subdivisions (d) and (e) are added in response to the decision of the National Conference of Bar Examiners not to retain MPRE scores that are more than 15 years old.
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