Starting with the February 2009 exam, the Texas Board of Law Examiners began publishing selected examinee answers for essay questions 1 through 12 (in lieu of commenting on common problems or errors for these items). As of July 2011, selected examinee answers were also published for the MPT. These are made available only for the limited, personal use of Texas Bar Exam applicants. The publication of past exam questions and selected answers (or comments for the MPT and Civil and Criminal Procedure and Evidence exam segments) is not intended to indicate any specific legal issue or issues that will be tested on a future exam. Do not use them as a substitute for learning the subjects covered on the exam.
Overall, these selected essay and MPT answers help to demonstrate the general length and quality of responses that earned above average scores on the indicated administration of the essay portion of the bar examination. However, these are unrevised answers written by actual examinees under time constraints without access to law books. As such, these essays do not always correctly identify or respond to all issues raised by the question, and they may contain some extraneous or incorrect information. They do not, in all respects, accurately reflect Texas law or its application to the facts. These essays are not intended as “sample answers” and should never be taken by anyone as legal advice.