Indiana bar exam: Legacy or current exam until July 2028; NextGen afterward.
| July exam | Apr. 1, late filing Apr. 15 |
| February exam | Nov. 15, late filing Nov. 30 |
| Fees | First-time $250; attorney $250; repeater $250; laptop Varies |
| MPRE minimum | 80 |
Dates can change. Check the board’s site before you pay.
Before filing in Indiana, check the current NCBE profile ↗.
| Rule | Indiana Rules for Admission to the Bar, Rule 6: Admission Without Examination |
| Accommodation | Waiver of the minimum-practice requirement for an attorney admitted elsewhere whose spouse is on military orders to Indiana; MPRE required |
| Duration | Until spouse's discharge/reassignment, applicant leaves Indiana, or dependency ends |
| Supervision | Not required |
| Adopted | 2024 amendment |
Confirm current status directly with Indiana's bar admission authority ↗: this area of law shifted federally in December 2024 and states are still catching up.
Indiana gives the UBE twice a year, in February and July. The first day, a Tuesday, has six MEE essays for three hours and two MPT items for three hours. The second day, a Wednesday, has 100 MBE questions for three hours and another 100 for three hours, for 200 in all. The MPT is two 90-minute items presented as a simulated case file, and the MEE is six 30-minute essays.
The MBE subjects Indiana lists are Contracts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, Torts and Civil Procedure, and the MEE covers those seven subjects plus Business Associations. Effective with the July 2026 exam, the MEE no longer tests Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates or Secured Transactions. From July 2026 to February 2028, Family Law and Trusts and Estates may still appear on the MPT.
An Indiana applicant must be a graduate of an ABA-approved law school; the Indiana schools with that approval are Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington), Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (Indianapolis) and the University of Notre Dame Law School. Applicants must also have completed two cumulative semester hours of legal ethics or professional responsibility in an approved school.
The Board of Law Examiners may waive the education requirement, at its discretion, for a graduate of a non-ABA U.S. school who was eligible to take another state's bar exam on graduation, or for someone educated outside the United States who holds a graduate degree from an ABA-approved program based on American law, if the Board finds the applicant qualified (Admission and Discipline Rule 13). Under the early examination rule, an applicant with fewer than five hours left who is within 100 days of graduation may sit for the exam but cannot be admitted until graduating and meeting every other requirement.
Source: Eligibility to Sit for the Bar ↗
Indiana's Office of Admissions & Continuing Education posts a statistics table for each exam. In July 2026, 465 people took the exam, 375 of them for the first time and 90 as repeaters. The overall pass rate was 65%, with first-time takers at 77% and repeaters at 17%. Graduates of ABA-accredited J.D. programs made up 452 of the takers and passed at 67% overall, 78% for first-timers. Only 7 non-ABA J.D. graduates and 6 foreign LL.M. graduates sat, so their rates (28% and 17%) rest on a handful of people.
February 2026 was smaller and closer: 182 takers, 47% overall, with first-time takers at 53% (75 of them) and repeaters at 39% (89). Repeaters passed at 39% in February against 17% in July.
Source: Indiana Office of Admissions & Continuing Education: Results and statistics ↗
200 MBE questions, six MEE essays and two MPT items over two days. Tuesday holds the MEE and MPT, and Wednesday holds two 100-question MBE sessions.
Yes, twice a year, in February and July. The UBE results in a portable score, not a portable status.
Conflict of Laws, Family Law, Trusts and Estates and Secured Transactions, starting with the July 2026 exam. Family Law and Trusts and Estates may still appear on the MPT through February 2028.
Sometimes. Under the early examination rule, you must have fewer than five hours left, be within 100 days of graduating from an approved law school, and have otherwise completed all admission requirements. You cannot be admitted until you graduate.
Yes. Applicants need two cumulative semester hours of legal ethics or professional responsibility completed in an approved law school.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, and the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Yes, at the Board's discretion under Admission and Discipline Rule 13, for a non-ABA U.S. graduate who could sit for another state's exam, or a foreign-educated lawyer with a graduate degree from an ABA-approved program based on American law.
Two 90-minute items, three hours in all, presented as a simulated case file in a realistic setting. It calls for fundamental lawyering skills whatever the area of law.
65% overall (465 takers), with first-time takers at 77% and repeaters at 17%, according to the Office of Admissions & Continuing Education.
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Source: NCBE Comprehensive Guide: Indiana ↗ · reviewed August 21, 2026.