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SC BAR exam key facts

  • The South Carolina Bar Exam's MBE portion has 200 multiple-choice questions (175 scored), alongside six MEE essays and two MPT performance tasks. Source
  • The MEE portion of the South Carolina Bar Exam consists of six 30-minute essay questions. Source
  • South Carolina requires a scaled UBE score of 266 for admission to the bar. Source
  • The South Carolina Bar Exam application fee is a non-refundable $1,000 for timely filers, $1,500 for late filers, plus $750 for applicants admitted elsewhere for more than one year. Source
  • A UBE score more than three years old cannot be used for admission to the South Carolina Bar. Source
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200
Questions
360 min
Time Limit
67.00%
Passing Score
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📚 SC BAR Topics to Study (30)

Administrative Law · 7 cardsAdministrative Law · 7 cardsAdministrative Law · 7 cardsAdministrative Law · 7 cardsConstitutional Law · 7 cardsEssay and Performance · 7 cardsEssay and Performance · 7 cardsEssay and Performance · 7 cardsEssay and Performance · 7 cardsEvidence · 7 cardsEvidence · 7 cardsEvidence · 7 cardsEvidence · 7 cardsProfessional Responsibility · 7 cardsProperty Law · 7 cardsProperty Law · 7 cardsProperty Law · 7 cardsProperty Law · 7 cardsAdministrative Law · 6 cardsContracts and Sales · 6 cardsCriminal Procedure · 6 cardsEvidence · 6 cardsFamily Law · 6 cardsProperty Law · 6 cardsTorts and Negligence · 6 cardsWills Trusts and Estates · 6 cardsEssay and Performance · 5 cardsMultistate Bar · 5 cardsProfessional Responsibility · 5 cardsState-Specific Law · 5 cards

✍️ Sample SC BAR Questions & Answers

1. A tenant assigns her lease to an assignee, who later stops paying rent. Absent a release, whom may the landlord sue for the unpaid rent?
✓ Both the original tenant and the assignee

The assignee is liable through privity of estate while the original tenant remains liable through privity of contract.

2. Which MEE subject is tested only on the written portion and never on the MBE?
✓ Family law

Family law, along with subjects like trusts and estates and business associations, appears only on the MEE.

3. A lawyer posts on social media harshly criticizing a sitting South Carolina judge, falsely claiming the judge takes bribes. The lawyer is:
✓ Subject to discipline under Rule 8.2 for making a statement about a judge's integrity with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for the truth

Rule 8.2(a) prohibits knowingly false or reckless statements concerning a judge's qualifications or integrity, even outside court proceedings.

4. A city ordinance restricts political demonstrations to between 8 AM and 8 PM in public parks. This is best characterized as:
✓ A content-neutral time, place, and manner restriction

The ordinance restricts when—not what—speech may occur, making it content-neutral and subject to the more lenient time, place, and manner analysis requiring narrow tailoring to a significant interest.

5. What damages are recoverable in a negligence action?
✓ Compensatory damages including economic losses, pain and suffering, and sometimes punitive damages

Negligence plaintiffs may recover compensatory damages (economic and non-economic) and, in cases of egregious conduct, punitive damages to punish and deter.

6. An ALC judge receives an off-the-record phone call from an agency attorney about the merits of a pending contested case. This communication is:
✓ A prohibited ex parte communication that may require disclosure and can taint the proceeding

Ex parte communications on the merits of a pending contested case are prohibited and must generally be disclosed on the record.

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  1. ncbex.org — Exam dates, test dates, time limit, exam format, retake fee, exam information · verified Oct 2026
  2. sccourts.org — Exam dates, fees, registration, score validity · verified Oct 2026
  3. scbaradmissions.sccourts.org — Score release, passing score, late registration, registration deadline · verified Oct 2026