Nebraska Bar MBE percentage - how much does it count toward your final score?
Trying to nail down how the Nebraska Bar Exam is weighted and I keep getting conflicting information. From what I understand, the MBE counts for 50% of the total score and the Nebraska component — MEE plus MPT — makes up the other 50%. But some people in my study group say it's been adjusted recently. Anyone who sat in 2024 or early 2025 able to confirm?
I took the UBE in another state last year and scored a 272. Nebraska's passing score is 266, so I could transfer that score, but the deadline passed before I sorted my paperwork. So I'm sitting the full NE exam in July. My plan is to put 60% of study time on MBE subjects and 40% on Nebraska-specific essay topics, but I'm second-guessing that split.
My weakest MBE subjects are Evidence and Real Property — I'm at about 58% correct on Evidence practice and around 62% for Real Property. The national average is supposedly around 67%, so I need to close that gap by at least 10 percentage points before July.
Also wondering about the MEE for Nebraska specifically. Are there state-specific wrinkles on Family Law that differ from general UBE prep? My commercial bar prep course doesn't always flag state deviations clearly.
The 50/50 MBE/Nebraska split is correct as of July 2024. Nebraska requires a 266 scaled score and uses standard MBE scaling, so your raw MBE score gets converted before it's blended. Focus hard on Evidence — it crosses over into the essays too, which means it's worth more per hour of study than most subjects.
I sat the NE Bar in February 2025 and passed with a 271. My Evidence score was around 55% on practice going in, but I spent three weeks doing only Evidence MBE questions, roughly 50 a day, and got it up to 69% by test week. Barbri's Evidence lecture series was actually useful for that subject specifically.
Nebraska doesn't test Community Property on the MEE since it's not a community property state, so deprioritize that topic. Focus essay prep on Contracts, Torts, and Civ Pro — those come up constantly. Also do at least 4-5 full MPT drafts timed at 90 minutes each; the format trips up people who've never practiced it under time pressure.