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Key Facts: GA Bar Exam

270/400

Minimum Passing Score

Office of Bar Admissions, Supreme Court of GA

200

MBE Questions (Day 2)

Office of Bar Admissions

2 MPTs + 4 Essays

Written Components (Day 1)

Office of Bar Admissions

~65-75%

First-Time Pass Rate (ABA grads)

Office of Bar Admissions reports

$550 + $107

Exam Fee (law graduate)

Office of Bar Admissions

100+

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The Georgia Bar Exam requires a scaled passing score of 270 out of 400. Day 1: 2 MPTs (90 minutes each) + 4 Georgia essays covering GA-specific law. Day 2: 200 MBE questions in two 3-hour sessions. Georgia adopted the new Evidence Code (based on FRE) in 2013 and the Daubert standard for expert testimony. GA uses modified comparative negligence (50% bar). Key GA-specific topics: Stand Your Ground (§16-3-23.1), year's support, non-judicial foreclosure, 13 grounds for divorce, and constitutional carry (2022).

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1Under the Georgia Constitution, Article VI, Section I, which court serves as the court of last resort in the state of Georgia?
A.The Georgia Court of Appeals
B.The Supreme Court of Georgia
C.The Superior Court of Fulton County
D.The Georgia Judicial Council
Explanation: Under the Georgia Constitution, Article VI, Section VI, the Supreme Court of Georgia is the court of last resort. It has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over cases involving the construction of a treaty or the Constitution of the state or United States, the constitutionality of a law, election contests, and cases in which a sentence of death has been imposed. All other appellate cases fall within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals.
2Under Georgia Code § 9-11-56, what standard applies to a motion for summary judgment?
A.The movant must show the case lacks merit by a preponderance of the evidence
B.The court must view the evidence and all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, and summary judgment is appropriate when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law
C.The nonmoving party bears the initial burden of establishing a genuine issue of material fact
D.Summary judgment is available only in contract cases, not tort cases
Explanation: Under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-56(c), summary judgment is appropriate when the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions, together with affidavits, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Georgia adopted a standard similar to the federal Celotex approach in Lau's Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (1991).
3Under the Georgia Code of Professional Responsibility (Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.7), when may a Georgia attorney represent clients with conflicting interests?
A.Concurrent conflicts are always prohibited in Georgia
B.The attorney may proceed if the attorney reasonably believes representation will not be adversely affected, the representation is not prohibited by law, the clients are not aligned against each other, and each client gives informed consent confirmed in writing
C.The attorney may proceed if only one client gives verbal consent
D.The attorney must obtain a court order authorizing the dual representation
Explanation: Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.7(b) permits representation despite a concurrent conflict of interest if: (1) the lawyer reasonably believes that the lawyer will be able to provide competent and diligent representation to each affected client, (2) the representation is not prohibited by law, (3) the representation does not involve the assertion of a claim by one client against another represented client in the same proceeding, and (4) each affected client gives informed consent, confirmed in writing.
4Under Georgia Code § 53-4-1, which of the following is required for a valid will in Georgia?
A.The will must be signed by the testator and at least three witnesses
B.The will must be signed by the testator, or someone in the testator's presence and at the testator's direction, and attested by at least two competent witnesses
C.The will must be notarized and filed with the probate court within 30 days of execution
D.Georgia recognizes holographic wills without any witnesses
Explanation: Under O.C.G.A. § 53-4-20, a valid Georgia will must be in writing, signed by the testator or by someone else in the testator's presence and at the testator's express direction, and attested and subscribed by at least two competent witnesses. Georgia does not recognize holographic (handwritten, unwitnessed) wills. The witnesses must sign in the presence of the testator but are not required to sign in each other's presence.
5Under Georgia Code § 24-8-803, which of the following is a recognized hearsay exception where the availability of the declarant is immaterial?
A.Statements made during plea negotiations
B.A statement describing or explaining an event or condition, made while or immediately after the declarant perceived the event or condition (present sense impression)
C.Any statement made by a party's spouse during the marriage
D.A statement made more than 30 days after the event described
Explanation: Under O.C.G.A. § 24-8-803(1), a present sense impression is a hearsay exception that applies regardless of the declarant's availability. Georgia's new Evidence Code, effective January 1, 2013, adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence framework, including FRE 803(1)'s present sense impression exception. The statement must describe or explain an event or condition made while the declarant was perceiving it or immediately thereafter.
6Under Georgia Code § 51-12-33, what is Georgia's rule regarding apportionment of fault in tort cases?
A.Georgia follows pure comparative negligence, allowing recovery regardless of the plaintiff's percentage of fault
B.Georgia follows a modified comparative negligence rule where the plaintiff's recovery is reduced by their percentage of fault and is barred if the plaintiff is 50% or more at fault
C.Georgia follows contributory negligence, completely barring recovery for any plaintiff at fault
D.Georgia does not apportion fault; the defendant is either fully liable or not liable
Explanation: Under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33, Georgia follows a modified comparative negligence system. A plaintiff's damages are reduced by the plaintiff's percentage of fault, and a plaintiff who is 50% or more at fault is barred from recovery. When there are multiple defendants, the trier of fact apportions fault among all persons who contributed to the injury, including nonparties. Joint and several liability has been largely abolished except in specific circumstances such as intentional torts.
7Under Georgia Code § 19-5-3, what grounds are available for divorce in Georgia?
A.Only irretrievable breakdown of the marriage
B.Thirteen statutory grounds, including irretrievable breakdown, adultery, cruel treatment, habitual intoxication, desertion, mental incapacity, and conviction of a crime of moral turpitude with imprisonment of two or more years
C.Only adultery and abandonment
D.Georgia requires a two-year separation period before any divorce
Explanation: O.C.G.A. § 19-5-3 enumerates thirteen grounds for total divorce in Georgia, including: (1) intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, (2) mental incapacity at the time of marriage, (3) impotency, (4) force, menace, duress, or fraud, (5) pregnancy of the wife unknown to the husband, (6) adultery, (7) desertion for one year, (8) conviction of a crime of moral turpitude with imprisonment for two or more years, (9) habitual intoxication, (10) cruel treatment, (11) incurable mental illness, (12) habitual drug addiction, and (13) irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
8Under Georgia Code § 14-2-202, what is the purpose of the articles of incorporation for a Georgia corporation?
A.The articles of incorporation serve only as an internal governance document and are not filed with the state
B.The articles of incorporation are the primary organizational document, filed with the Secretary of State, and must include the corporate name, number of authorized shares, registered agent, and incorporator information
C.The articles of incorporation are identical to the corporate bylaws
D.The articles of incorporation are required only for publicly traded corporations
Explanation: Under O.C.G.A. § 14-2-202, the articles of incorporation must include: the corporate name (which must include a corporate designator), the number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue, the street address of the corporation's initial registered office and the name of its initial registered agent, and the name and address of each incorporator. The articles are filed with the Georgia Secretary of State and constitute the corporation's charter.
9Under the Georgia Constitution, Article I, Section I, Paragraph XI, what right of access to courts does Georgia provide?
A.Only persons who can afford to pay filing fees have access to the courts
B.No person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an attorney, any civil cause in any of the courts of this state
C.Access to courts is limited to residents of Georgia only
D.The right of access applies only to criminal proceedings
Explanation: Article I, Section I, Paragraph XII of the Georgia Constitution guarantees that no person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an attorney, any civil cause in any of the courts of Georgia. This provision ensures open access to the courts and has been cited to invalidate unreasonable limitations on the ability to file lawsuits, including excessive filing fees for indigent litigants.
10Under Georgia Code § 16-5-1, what distinguishes murder from voluntary manslaughter in Georgia?
A.There is no distinction between murder and voluntary manslaughter in Georgia
B.Murder requires malice aforethought, while voluntary manslaughter involves killing as the result of a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passion in a reasonable person
C.Voluntary manslaughter requires premeditation while murder does not
D.The distinction is based solely on the weapon used
Explanation: Under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1, a person commits murder when they unlawfully and with malice aforethought cause the death of another human being. Under § 16-5-2, voluntary manslaughter occurs when a person causes the death of another in a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passion in a reasonable person. The key distinction is the presence of adequate provocation that would excite passion in a reasonable person, which negates malice.

About the GA Bar Exam

The Georgia Bar Examination is a two-day exam administered by the Office of Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Day 1 consists of 2 Multistate Performance Tests (MPTs) and 4 Georgia essay questions drawn from 14 subjects, including Georgia practice and procedure, business organizations, professional ethics, family law, and trusts, wills and estates. Day 2 features the 200-question Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). The scoring weights are MBE 50%, MPT 21.4%, and essays 28.6%, and a total scaled score of 270 is required to pass.

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Questions

200 questions

Time Limit

2 days (Day 1: 2 MPTs + 4 GA essays; Day 2: 200 MBE)

Passing Score

270/400 (MBE 50%, MPT 21.4%, Essays 28.6%)

Exam / Certification Fees

$550 + $107 NCBE fee (law graduates)

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50%

Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)

200 NCBE multiple-choice questions on Day 2; the scaled MBE score is half of the total score

28.6%

Georgia Essays

4 essay questions on the afternoon of Day 1, drawn from Business Organizations; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Criminal Law and Procedure; Evidence; Family Law; Federal Practice and Procedure; Georgia Practice and Procedure; Non-Monetary Remedies; Professional Ethics; Property; Torts; Trusts, Wills and Estates; and the Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2 and 3)

21.4%

Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

2 NCBE performance tasks on the morning of Day 1, each weighted 1.5 times an essay question

Preparing for the GA Bar Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 270/400 (MBE 50%, MPT 21.4%, Essays 28.6%)
  • Exam length: 200 questions
  • Time limit: 2 days (Day 1: 2 MPTs + 4 GA essays; Day 2: 200 MBE)
  • Exam / certification fees: $550 + $107 NCBE fee (law graduates) Official sources

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GA Bar: Suggested Study Strategy

1Georgia's intestate succession gives the surviving spouse a minimum of one-third — memorize this floor and how it interacts with the number of children
2The year's support provision (§53-3-1) is unique to Georgia and frequently tested: it allows the surviving spouse and minor children 12 months of support from the estate, superior to all claims except liens
3Georgia's Dead Man's Statute (§24-6-620) restricts testimony about transactions with deceased persons — this is a Georgia-specific evidence rule not found in the FRE
4For Georgia criminal law, know the felony theft threshold ($1,500), the felony murder rule (any felony as predicate), and the distinction between murder (malice) and voluntary manslaughter (sudden passion from serious provocation)
5Georgia's offer of settlement statute (§9-11-68) has teeth: if you reject a settlement offer and the judgment is less favorable, you pay the other side's attorney's fees from the date of the offer
6For professional responsibility, Georgia follows rules closely modeled on the ABA Model Rules — focus on conflicts of interest (Rules 1.7-1.9), confidentiality exceptions (Rule 1.6), and the anti-contact rule (Rule 4.2)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the passing score for the Georgia Bar Exam?

The Georgia Bar Exam requires a scaled passing score of 270 out of 400. The scoring weights are: MBE 50%, MPT 21.4%, and Georgia essays 28.6%. There is no minimum MBE score: all MPT and essay answers are graded, and applicants with a total of 265 to 269 have their written answers regraded before scores are released.

How is the Georgia Bar Exam structured?

The Georgia Bar Exam is a two-day exam. Day 1 features two Multistate Performance Tests (MPTs) in the morning session (90 minutes each) and four Georgia essay questions in the afternoon session. Day 2 consists of the MBE: 100 multiple-choice questions in the morning (3 hours) and 100 in the afternoon (3 hours). The exam is administered at designated testing sites in Georgia.

What Georgia-specific subjects are tested on the essay portion?

The four Georgia essay questions are drawn from Business Organizations; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Criminal Law and Procedure; Evidence; Family Law; Federal Practice and Procedure; Georgia Practice and Procedure; Non-Monetary Remedies; Professional Ethics; Property; Torts; Trusts, Wills and Estates; and the Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2 and 3). Secured Transactions is no longer tested on the essays.

What key changes affect the Georgia Bar Exam for 2026?

Important changes include: (1) Georgia's 2013 Evidence Code revision adopted the Federal Rules of Evidence framework and the Daubert standard for expert testimony; (2) the 2022 Constitutional Carry Act (SB 319) allows permitless carry for eligible persons; (3) Georgia's comparative negligence statute (§51-12-33) bars recovery at 50% fault; and (4) the Restrictive Covenants Act (2011) allows courts to blue-pencil overly broad non-competes.

What is the pass rate for the Georgia Bar Exam?

Georgia Bar Exam pass rates for first-time takers from ABA-accredited law schools typically range from 65% to 75%. Repeat taker pass rates are significantly lower. The July administration generally has higher pass rates than February. Georgia's pass rate is moderate compared to other states, reflecting its balanced difficulty.

How should I prepare for the Georgia-specific portions?

Focus on areas where Georgia law differs from the MBE: Georgia's 13 grounds for divorce (vs. no-fault only in many states), the year's support provision (unique to Georgia estates), Georgia's Dead Man's Statute, the 50% comparative negligence bar, non-judicial foreclosure procedures, and the 6-month residency requirement for divorce. Also study Georgia's 2013 Evidence Code, which follows the FRE but has Georgia-specific provisions like the Dead Man's Statute.