ID Bar Practice Test

The ID Bar is the Idaho State Bar's licensing exam for law graduates who want to practise in Idaho. It is now the NextGen UBE, taken on your own laptop at a proctored site in Boise. This page gives you free practice sets by subject, worked questions with full reasoning, a study plan and answers to common candidate questions.

ID Bar Exam at a Glance

What the ID Bar is and how it works

According to Idaho State Bar, “The Idaho State Bar adopted the NextGen Bar Exam with the July 2026 Bar exam.”^[1]

The Idaho bar exam is the licensing exam run by the Idaho State Bar. Idaho adopted the NextGen UBE with the July 2026 exam. It is taken on your own laptop at an in-person, proctored site, the Boise Centre in Boise. The format uses multiple-choice questions, integrated question sets and performance tasks.

Applicants must be at least 18, lawfully admitted to the US, hold a JD or LLB from an Approved Law School, and show good moral character. The exam is given twice a year, on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July. The next date on our list is February 23–24, 2027.

The minimum NextGen UBE score is 616 on the 500–750 scale, and the MPRE score required is 85. Transferred UBE or NCBE scores are accepted for 37 months.

Fees are $800 for attorney applicants and $600 for student applicants, plus the $149 laptop fee paid to NCBE. A reexamination costs $200 for each of the first 3 reexams and $300 for each one after that.

Rules, dates and fees can change, and individual situations are decided by the Bar, not by this page. Confirm everything on the Idaho State Bar website before you register.

ID Bar content outline and where to practise each area

The content areas below are copied from the official ID Bar content outline published by Idaho State Bar. The right-hand column shows which of our practice sets covers it.

Worked examples: how to reason through ID Bar questions

These are practice questions written for this site, not questions from the real exam. Each explanation shows why the right answer is right and why the others are wrong.

Example 1

Question: Under Idaho law, how does a court treat a child's expressed preference regarding custody arrangements?

1. It is binding on the court once the child reaches age 14
2. It is irrelevant in custody proceedings until the child reaches age 16
3. It is one factor the court may consider regardless of the child's age
4. It controls the custody outcome if the child is at least 12 years old

Answer: C. It is one factor the court may consider regardless of the child's age

Explanation:

The correct answer is that a child's expressed preference is one factor the court may consider regardless of the child's age. Idaho courts decide custody on the child's overall interests, and what the child wants is evidence about those interests, not a vote.

The other options each invent an age that turns the preference into something stronger or weaker. Saying it binds the court at age 14, or controls the outcome at age 12, makes the preference automatic. Saying it is irrelevant until age 16 shuts it out entirely. Idaho does not set a fixed age at which the child's wishes become binding or become admissible.

Rule to remember: when a custody question offers an age cutoff that makes the child's preference automatic, treat it with suspicion. The preference is weighed with the other factors and the court keeps the final decision.

Example 2

Question: Which of the following scenarios violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment?

1. A defendant is tried for a crime and acquitted, then later tried for a different crime arising from the same set of facts.
2. A defendant is convicted of a crime and later appeals, resulting in a new trial.
3. A defendant is retried after a mistrial is declared due to a hung jury.
4. A defendant is tried and convicted in state court for a crime, and then tried in federal court for the same conduct.

Answer: D. A defendant is tried and convicted in state court for a crime, and then tried in federal court for the same conduct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is the state conviction followed by a federal prosecution for the same conduct. The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars repeat prosecution for the same offense by the same sovereign, but under the dual sovereignty doctrine a state and the federal government are separate sovereigns, each with its own interests to protect.

Trying a defendant for a different crime after an acquittal is not barred merely because the facts overlap, since a different offense is not the same offense. A new trial after the defendant's own successful appeal is permitted. A retrial after a mistrial caused by a hung jury is permitted because the first trial never reached a verdict.

Rule to remember: ask whether it is the same offense and the same sovereign. If the sovereign differs, the clause does not stop a second prosecution.

Example 3

Question: Which of the following is a non-hearsay prior statement under FRE 801(d)(1)?

1. A witness's prior consistent statement offered to explain a motive to fabricate
2. A witness's prior statement identifying a person made after perceiving them
3. A witness's diary entry describing the event
4. A co-conspirator's statement made after the conspiracy ended

Answer: B. A witness's prior statement identifying a person made after perceiving them

Explanation:

The correct answer is the prior statement identifying a person made after perceiving them. FRE 801(d)(1) lists certain prior statements by a witness that are defined as non-hearsay, and identification of a person is included. It applies when the declarant testifies and can be cross-examined about the statement.

The prior consistent statement is wrong as framed because such statements come in only in the narrow rebuttal situations the rule lists, not simply to explain a motive. The diary entry is an ordinary out-of-court statement that does not fit any of the listed categories. The co-conspirator statement fails because it must be made while the conspiracy is still going on, and here it was made after it ended.

Rule to remember: first ask whether the statement is hearsay at all, then check whether a definition or exception removes it.

How to use these practice tests

Start with the official material. Read the Idaho State Bar's exam page for dates, fees and rules, and read the exam body's content outline so you know what each area covers. Then use our sets to find where you lose points.

Begin with the mixed practice test to get a baseline, and write down every miss. Sort the misses by subject, then work through the subject sets that match your weakest areas. Constitutional Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure and Criminal Law are good places to start because their questions reward knowing a short list of rules cold.

After each set, read every explanation, including the ones for questions you got right. For each miss, write the rule in a sentence, say why the tempting wrong answer fails, and return to that topic later without looking at your notes.

Because the NextGen UBE includes integrated question sets and performance tasks, do not rely on multiple-choice practice alone. Practise reading a short file, picking out the governing rule and writing a clear answer under a time limit. Use our questions to sharpen rule knowledge and the official sources to confirm format and scoring.

In the last days before the exam, review your written rule list, redo the sets you missed most, and check your laptop setup and the Boise Centre arrangements.

Sources & last verified

1. Idaho State Bar — number of questions, exam fee, eligibility, next exam date (official source). “The Idaho State Bar adopted the NextGen Bar Exam with the July 2026 Bar exam.” Verified Oct 22, 2026.
2. ncbex.org — passing score (official source). “Minimum NextGen UBE Score 616” Verified Oct 22, 2026.
3. Idaho State Bar — exam fee, retake fee, validity (official source). “(B) Attorney Applicant: $800” Verified Oct 22, 2026.
4. ncbex.org — delivery (official source). “The exam is taken on examinees’ own laptops at in-person, proctored testing locations.” Verified Oct 22, 2026 · source checked Oct 19, 2026.
5. ncbex.org — other (official source). “business associations and relationships” Verified Oct 22, 2026.

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