Missouri bar exam: NextGen UBE now.
| July exam | Mar. 2, late filing Apr. 1 / May 1 |
| February exam | Oct. 1, late filing Nov. 1 / Dec. 1 |
| Fees | First-time $560–$1,400; attorney $560–$1,400; repeater $560–$850; laptop $125 |
| MPRE minimum | 80 |
Dates can change. Check the board’s site before you pay.
Before filing in Missouri, check the current NCBE profile ↗.
| Rule | Missouri Sup. Ct. R. 8.106: Temporary Admission for Attorney Spouses of Active Duty Military |
| Accommodation | Temporary license without exam for the dependent spouse of a full-time active-duty service member assigned to Missouri or a contiguous state |
| Duration | Automatically terminates after 5 years, or earlier if the spouse relocates permanently, the attorney stops working in Missouri, or the attorney is admitted another way |
| Supervision | Not required (no supervising-attorney requirement found; conditions are residency/employment-based) |
| Adopted | 2019 |
Confirm current status directly with Missouri's bar admission authority ↗: this area of law shifted federally in December 2024 and states are still catching up.
For the February 2027 exam, the application period opens September 1 and the timely deadline is October 1. Late deadlines are November 2, and December 1 is the final deadline. The exam is February 23 and 24, 2027. Missouri lists a health-related condition form deadline of January 1 for these non-ADA requests. Applicants must have their documents in by April 21 to be included in the public release of results, which is set for April 30, and the Supreme Court enrollment ceremony is May 21.
For the July exam, the application period opened February 1, the timely deadline was March 2, the late deadline April 1 and the final deadline May 1. The July 2026 exam was July 28 and 29, laptop registration ran June 1 to July 24, results were released October 2, and the enrollment ceremony is October 16, 2026. All ADA accommodation requests, including repeat accommodations, must be submitted with the electronic bar exam application under Regulation 9 of Rule 8.08.
Source: Key Dates & Deadlines ↗
Payment is by credit or debit card, or by money order, cashier's check, corporate check or law firm check made payable to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and personal checks are not accepted. All fees are non-refundable. A deadline on a weekend or holiday moves to the end of the next business day. The tiers are the first deadline (March 1 or October 1), the second (April 1 or November 1) and the third (May 1 or December 1).
An applicant who never registered for a Missouri exam and did not file a character and fitness report as a 1L or 2L student pays $1,045, $1,190 or $1,400 across the three tiers. An applicant who did file a character report as a 1L pays $560, $700 or $910. A retake after failing the most recent Missouri exam costs $560, $645 or $710. Anyone who failed an earlier Missouri exam, or failed to appear, pays $670, $760 or $850. A disbarred attorney taking the exam for reinstatement pays $560, $700 or $910.
A written postponement notice postmarked or received 30 days or more before the exam costs $175, and one received 29 to 14 days before costs $285 (Regulation 3 to Rule 8.07). Admission by transferred UBE score under Rule 8.09 is $1,500, and so is admission without examination under Rule 8.10 and limited in-house counsel admission under Rule 8.105. Temporary practice under Rule 8.06 costs $150, a foreign legal consultant $1,400, and a Rule 13 supervision certificate $650.
A law student can file a character and fitness application as a 1L or 2L for $240 on or before the first June 30 after starting law school, or $465 after that and no later than the June 30 after the second year.
Source: Non-Exam Application Fees ↗
The Board of Law Examiners posts a one-page results sheet for each exam that gives the number who sat, the number who passed, and the split by attempt, along with average scores. February 2026 had 181 examinees and 94 passed, or 51.9%. Of those, 179 sat both days in Missouri and 2 transferred an MBE score from another state, and both of the transferred-MBE examinees passed. First-time takers passed at 63.3% (50 of 79), second-time takers at 47.5% (28 of 59) and those on a third attempt or more at 34.1% (14 of 41).
July is the big sitting. July 2025 had 640 examinees and 505 passed (78.9%), with first-timers at 86.5% (473 of 547), second-timers at 41.2% and third-or-more at 29.3%. July 2024 had 640 examinees and 511 passed (79.8%), with first-timers at 85.0% (480 of 565). In the two summers 85% and 88% of the examinees were first-timers, while in February 2026 only 44% were (79 of 181).
The sheets also print score averages. Missouri first-timers averaged an MBE scaled score of 145.1 and an essay score of 145.1 in July 2025, against 124.1 and 121.4 for second-timers, so the retake gap shows up in both halves of the exam. The highest UBE total score on the sheets was 359.0 in July 2025, and the lowest score from someone who sat both days was 187.0.
Source: Missouri Board of Law Examiners: February 2026 Bar Examination in Missouri ↗
October 1 is the timely deadline. Late deadlines are November 2, and December 1 is the final deadline, with the exam on February 23-24, 2027.
$1,045, $1,190 or $1,400 for a new applicant depending on filing date, or $560 to $910 if you filed a character and fitness report as a 1L. A retake after the most recent exam is $560 to $710.
$1,500 under Rule 8.09. Admission without examination under Rule 8.10 is also $1,500.
April 30 for the February 2027 exam, with the Supreme Court enrollment ceremony on May 21, and October 2 for the July 2026 exam, with its ceremony on October 16.
$175 if written notice is postmarked or received 30 days or more before the exam, and $285 if 29 to 14 days before.
No. Pay by credit or debit card, or by money order, cashier's check, corporate check or law firm check made payable to the Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Yes. A character and fitness application as a 1L or 2L costs $240 through the first June 30 after starting law school, and $465 after that until the June 30 after the second year.
With the electronic bar exam application, including repeat accommodations, under Regulation 9 of Rule 8.08. The separate health-related condition form is due January 1 for February.
51.9%: the Board of Law Examiners reports 94 of 181 examinees passing, with first-time takers at 63.3% (50 of 79).
Much worse than first-timers. In July 2025 second-time takers passed 41.2% (14 of 34) and third-or-more 29.3%, against 86.5% for first-time takers.
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Source: NCBE Comprehensive Guide: Missouri ↗ · reviewed August 21, 2026.