Section 9 - Passing GradeA. Answers to each of the essay examinations propounded by the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions (hereinafter called, collectively, the "MSE") shall be assigned a score on a range of 0 to 100 points. Answers on each of the questions on the Multistate Essay Examination (hereinafter called the "MEE") and Multistate Performance Test ("MPT") shall be assigned a raw score on a range of 0 to 30 points. The Board shall have the right to make the final determination respecting all essay and performance test grades.B. The applicant's score on each of the MSE examinations and on each question on the MEE and MPT shall be converted to the range of 0 to 200 points utilizing the MBE scaled scores of all applicants on the current Mississippi Bar Examination and the "Standard Deviation Method" described in The Bar Examiners' Handbook (3rd Edition, 1993 Supplement) at pp. 30:605-606, or such other standard statistical method as may be adopted by the Board. (The scores thus determined are hereinafter called "converted scores.")C. The applicant's converted scores on all examinations on the MSE shall be averaged to determine the applicant's "Average Converted MSE Score." The applicant's converted scores on all questions on the MEE shall be averaged to determine the applicant's "Average Converted MEE Score." The applicant's converted scores on all questions on the MPT shall be averaged to determine the applicant's "Averaged Converted MPT score."D. In order to pass the Mississippi Bar Examination, an applicant must achieve a combined score of 132 points (rounded to the nearest 0.1 point) on the entire examination, weighing the applicant's "Average Converted MSE Score" (determined under Item C above) as 30% of the combined score, the applicant's "Average Converted MEE Score" (determined under Item C above) as 15% of the combined score, the applicant's "Average Converted MPT Score" (determined under Item C above) as 15% of the combined score and the applicant's scaled score on the MBE as 40% of the combined score.R. Gov. Admi. Miss. Bar. 9
Effective 11/1/1991 with Section 9D(2) applied to determine results on Mississippi Bar Examination administered in July 1991 and thereafter; amended3/14/1995 effective from and after7/1/1995, but examinations administered February 1995 are to be scored according to existing rules and also by the rules in the3/14/1995 order; amended effective 2/1/1998; amended effective 8/24/2000 for February 2001 and subsequent examinations.