MPRE Requirement - Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court Rule 8.08
8.08. The Bar Examination
(a)
The board shall conduct examinations of applicants for admission to the bar
twice each year at Jefferson City and at such other times and places as this
Court may direct. The examination shall cover such subjects as the board may
prescribe with the approval of this Court.
(b)
Applicants are expected to have knowledge of legal ethics and familiarity with
the Missouri rules of professional conduct. Prior to being issued a license to
practice law, each applicant for admission by examination shall attain a scaled
score of not less than 80 on the Multistate Professional Responsibility
Examination. The applicant’s certified Multistate Professional Responsibility
Examination score must be received by the board no later than one year after the
date of written notification of the applicant’s successful completion of the bar
examination prescribed in Rule 8.08(a) or the applicant’s bar examination
results shall be void.
(c)
The board shall certify to this Court those applicants who pass the bar
examination and are otherwise qualified for admission under this Rule 8. The
applicants so certified shall be granted a license to practice law upon taking
and subscribing the oath or affirmation prescribed by
Rule 8.15.
(Adopted Feb. 1, 1972, eff. Sept. 1,
1972. Amended Aug. 31, 1982, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; amended Aug. 9, 1993; Oct. 16,
1995, eff. March 1, 1996; Feb. 25, 1997, eff. March 1, 1997; April 22, 1998;
Sept. 3, 2003, eff. Oct. 1, 2003. Amended March 7, 2005, eff. July 1, 2005.)
Regulations of Board of Law Examiners (8.08)
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(9) The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE)
required by Rule 8.08(b) is administered nationally by the National Conference
of Bar Examiners. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the
applicant’s MPRE score is timely certified to the clerk of this Court.