Who writes MBE questions?
As you may imagine, drafting MBE questions is an involved process that involves many people. Each of the six major subjects is handled by a committee of five people — three law professors and two Bar examiners. At semiannual meetings, each committee, along with special question writers, drafts 30 or 40 MBE questions. Each committee then meets for two days with experts on testing, after which the questions are redrafted. After the semiannual meeting, each committee member reviews the questions and then, a few weeks later, reviews the final form of the questions. The questions are also subject to a final review by a practicing attorney and, usually, by a law professor who is not a member of the drafting committee. Since the MBE is so important (it is, after all, part of almost every jurisdiction’s Bar Examination), the Bar examiners of each participating jurisdiction are given an opportunity to review the test in its final stages. At that time, the entire test can be accepted or rejected
