M. Bar Admiss. R. 11

(a) General Requirement. Each person who is admitted after July 1,

1987, shall have obtained a passing grade on the Multistate Professional

Responsibility Examination (MPRE) prepared and administered by the National

Conference of Bar Examiners. The MPRE may be taken at any time and place that

is offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, within or without the

State of Maine.

(b) Educational Qualifications. The MPRE may be taken at any time

after an applicant has entered law school.

(c) Passing Score. A scale score of 80 as established by the National

Conference of Bar Examiners shall be the passing score in this State for the

MPRE, except that an MPRE scale score of 75 as established by the National

Conference of Bar Examiners for an MPRE taken before July 1, 2006, shall be

accepted from any applicant who is not admitted in any other jurisdiction.

(d) Applicants for Admission by Examination. An applicant for

admission by examination must have taken and obtained a passing score on the

MPRE within 15 years prior to the date on which the applicant is admitted.

(e) Applicants for Admission by Motion. An applicant for admission by

motion must either (1) have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE

within 15 years prior to the date on which the application is filed or (2) if relying

on a passing score on the MPRE that is more than 15 years old, demonstrate to

the Board that the applicant in the past was admitted to practice law in another

United States jurisdiction that, at the time of the applicant’s admission in that

jurisdiction, required a passing score on the MPRE that was equal to or greater

than the passing score in this State.

(f) Applicants for Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar

Examination Score. An applicant for admission by transferred Uniform Bar

Examination score must have taken and obtained a passing score on the MPRE

within 15 years prior to the date on which the application is filed.