NextGen Sample Questions | NCBE
NextGen UBE
About
Registering
Preparing
Test Day Policies
Scores & Score Portability
Minimum Passing Scores
NextGen UBE Sample Questions
About the Questions
The following sample questions provide a preview of the question types that will appear on the NextGen UBE, which will launch in July 2026.
Sign up here
to be notified of future releases of new sample questions.
The Foundational Concepts and Principles will be tested on every administration of the NextGen bar exam. These are business associations, civil procedure, constitutional law, contract law, criminal law, evidence, real property, and torts. Starting in July 2028, family law will be included in the Foundational Concepts and Principles.
Throughout the exam, the following Foundational Skills, organized into four broad skills areas, will be assessed:
Issue spotting and analysis, investigation and evaluation
Client counseling and advising, negotiation and dispute resolution, client relationship and management
Legal research
Legal writing and drafting
For outlines of testable legal doctrine and skills, please see the
NextGen Bar Exam Content Scope
The NextGen UBE will feature three broad categories of question types:
Multiple-Choice Questions:
Approximately 40% of the exam time will be devoted to standalone multiple-choice questions in two formats: select one of four options and select two of six options. Note that some multiple-choice questions will also appear in the integrated question sets and performance tasks, which are described below.
Sample Multiple-Choice Questions
Integrated Question Sets:
Just over a quarter of the exam time will be devoted to integrated question sets. Each of these sets is based on a common fact scenario and may include some legal resources (e.g., excerpts of statutes or judicial opinions) and/or supplemental documents (e.g., a police report or excerpt from a deposition). Each set will include multiple-choice, medium-answer, and/or short-answer questions. In addition to testing doctrinal law, some integrated question sets will be focused on drafting or editing a legal document; other sets will be focused on counseling and/or dispute resolution.
Sample Integrated Question Sets
Performance Tasks:
Approximately a third of the exam time will be devoted to performance tasks. These tasks, like current Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions, will require examinees to demonstrate their ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in realistic situations, completing tasks that a beginning lawyer should be able to accomplish. These tasks may feature areas of doctrinal law, with accompanying legal resources, not included in the Foundational Concepts and Principles. There are two types of performance tasks: standard performance tasks (PTs) and legal research performance tasks (LRPTs). PTs include a client file of facts and a library of legal resources with one extended-response writing assignment. LRPTs include a client file of facts and a library of legal resources, along with multiple-choice and short-answer questions focused on research and analysis skills, followed by a medium-length writing assignment.
Sample Performance Tasks
Links to NextGen Sample Questions
Sample Multiple-Choice Questions
Sample Integrated Question Sets
Sample Performance Tasks
Jurisdictions
Exams
MPRE
About
Registration
Preparing
Test Accommodations
ADHD Medical Documentation Guidelines
Accommodation Decisions
Accommodations FAQs
Apply For Test Accommodations
Extension Requests
How To Prepare Your Request
Important Dates for MPRE Test Accomodations
Learning Disabilities Medical Documentation Guidelines
MPRE Stop-The-Clock Breaks
MPRE Test Accommodations Privacy Policy
Medical Documentation Guidelines For MPRE Test Accommodations
Neurocognitive Disorders
Physical and Chronic Health-Related Disabilities
Psychological Disabilities
Test Conditions
Visual Disabilities
Scores
Test Day Policies
UBE
About
Registration
Scores
Score Portability
Minimum Scores
Maximum Score Age
Local Components
UBE Jurisdictions
MBE
About
Registration
Preparing
Scores
Test Day Policies
MEE
About
Registration
Preparing
Test Day Policies
MPT
About
Registration
Preparing
Test Day Policies
NextGen UBE
About
Implementation Timeline
Registering
Preparing
Content Scope
Sample Questions
Integrated Question Sets
Multiple-Choice
Performance Task
Legal Research Performance Task
Sample Performance Task
Test Day Policies
Scores & Score Portability
NextGen UBE Decisions by Jurisdiction
Minimum Passing Scores
NextGen UBE
Study Aids
MPRE Study Aids
Legacy Bar Exam Study Aids
NextGen UBE Study Aids
Character & Fitness
Score Services
MBE Score Services
MPRE Score Services
UBE Score Services
Statistics & Research
Bar Exam Results by Jurisdiction
Technical Advisory Panel
Covington Award
Validity and Fairness Research Award
About
Mission
Publications
Legal Educators
Media Kit
Media Resources
Jobs
Diane F. Bosse Award
News/Resources
NextGen Bar Exam
Contact
Help & Support