Section 7 - Mode of ExaminationA.Identification Procedure. The Board shall utilize an identification procedure which shall insure the anonymity of the examinees throughout the examination and grading process.B.No Assistance During Examination. Applicants shall not bring with them into the examination room any books, memoranda, notes, brief cases, bags, parcels, or any materials or devices to assist them in answering questions. All questions shall be answered solely from the applicant's own knowledge and without assistance from any other source. Any applicant violating this rule, or knowingly assisting another applicant in a violation of this rule, shall be given an automatic failing grade on the entire examination. The circumstances of such violation may be considered by the Board as grounds for barring such applicant from retaking the Mississippi Bar Examination at a later session.C.Oath of Applicant. Each applicant shall, upon concluding the last examination session, take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I never saw until handed me by the Examiner the questions upon which I have been examined in connection with my application for admission to the Bar, nor a copy thereof; that I have not, before my examination, received any information as to the contents of said questions, and that I did not, while said examination was in progress, use or refer to any memorandum of any kind or receive directly or indirectly, from any source whatever, any suggestion, but that I wrote each and every answer exclusively from my own knowledge.
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Sign name (not number) of Applicant
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Address where results of examination are to be mailed
This paper shall be delivered to the examiner to be preserved as a part of the records of the Board.
D.Handling of Examination Papers. At the beginning of each examination session, the examiner shall deliver to the applicants a copy of the questions to be answered at that session. The Multi-state Bar Examination (MBE) and the Multi-state Essay Examination (MEE) shall be administered in the manner prescribed therefor. No questions, answer sheets, or other materials relating to the MBE shall be copied or removed from the examination room.
Questions prepared by the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions shall be consecutively numbered and shall be labeled as to their general subject matter. Answers to such questions shall be written in blank booklets supplied by the examiner. The applicant shall write all answers in ink. The Board may in its discretion permit applicants to typewrite their answers, in which case the Board may require payment of additional fees to defray additional expenses involved. The applicant must label and number his answers to correspond with the subject matter and numbers of that part of the examination and shall consecutively number each page of his answers to each part of the examination. The applicant shall not write his name or number, or otherwise attempt to identify himself on the pages containing his answers.
E.Anonymity of Grading. Applicants are forbidden to identify, or attempt to identify, themselves, their identification numbers, or their answers to any member of the Board or any other person. Applicants shall not in any manner attempt to influence the grading of their examination. The circumstances may be considered by the Board as a grounds for barring such applicant from retaking the Mississippi Bar Examination at a later session.F.Absence From Examination Room. Each applicant must complete and turn in his answer to the portion of the examination given to him before leaving the examination room, except by permission of the examiner, or unless accompanied by a monitor.G.Monitors. Monitors shall perform such duties as are assigned to them by the examiner. Their purpose shall be to facilitate the conduct of the examination and to insure its integrity. Monitors shall not under any circumstances discuss the content of the examination with an applicant. Any question relating to the examination shall be referred immediately to the examiner.H.Special Testing Accommodations. The Board, in its sole discretion, may direct that the Bar Examination be administered to applicants with disabilities in a fair and reasonable manner, but different from the manner by which it is administered to other applicants. An applicant with a disability who desires a special procedure for administration of the Examination shall so petition the Board at the time of filing his application, setting out the basis for the request and the type of special procedure which would be appropriate for his situation. Medical documentation must be submitted with the request.R. Gov. Admi. Miss. Bar. 7
Effective 11/1/1991; amended effective 7/1/2010.