Skip to main content

Ohio Bar Exam

Search Bar Exam Results

The Ohio Supreme Court adopted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) and beginning with the February 2021 exam, Ohio will administer its first UBE. These essay questions were written by the Ohio Board of Bar Examiners and were used on the Ohio Bar Examination. These essay questions are simply a guide and should not be substituted for a MEE. Further, the answers associated with the essay questions and the MPT items were graded by the Ohio Board of Bar Examiners and illustrates what the Board considered above average performance on the written portion of the examination.

July 2025 Bar Examination

The July 2025 bar exam will be held in three locations: Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. More information, including testing site assignment and Frequently Asked Questions, will be forthcoming.

February 2025 Bar Examination

The February 2025 bar examination was administered Feb. 25-26, 2025 at the Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel.

View FAQs

IMPORTANT NOTE:

All persons who wish to sit for the Uniform Bar Examination in Ohio must:

For the July 2025 bar examination, the deadline to submit a Registration Application is January 15, 2025. The timely deadline to submit a Bar Application is  April 1, 2025 and the late deadline is May 12, 2025. No applications for the July 2025 exam will be accepted after May 12, 2025.  

The Office of Bar Admissions will begin accepting Bar Applications for the February 2026 exam after May 12, 2025.

Before you are qualified to sit for an exam, you must satisfy all of the pre-exam conditions required in Gov. Bar R. I (e.g., receive final character and fitness approval, file certifications that you received a J.D. and had instruction on substance abuse). Qualified applicants will receive confirmation of their eligibility to sit, along with their exam instructions, approximately two weeks before the exam on the Bar Admissions Portal.


Resources

Bar Examinations Administered Using Remote Technology

The following bar examinations were administered using remote technology:

Contact Information

Office of Bar Admissions
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Director:
Michel Jendretzky, Esq.

Word files may be viewed for free with Office Online.

PDF Files may be viewed, printed, and searched using the Free Acrobat® Reader. Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Inc.