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THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

Chief JusticeWallace B. Jefferson

JusticesNathan L. HechtHarriet ONeill

J. Dale WainwrightScott A. Brister

David M. MedinaPaul W. GreenPhil Johnson

Don R. Willett

ClerkBlake A. Hawthorne

BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS

ChairJorge C. Rangel, Corpus Christi

Vice Chair

U. Lawrence Boz, Houston

MembersT. Albert Witcher, Waco

Jerry Grissom, DallasJerry Nugent, Austin

Cynthia S. Olsen, HoustonDan Pozza, San AntonioJohn Simpson, Lubbock

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Board of Law Examiners -- Administrative Staff

Julia E. Vaughan

Executive Director

Jack MarshallDirector, Character & Fitness

Josh Henslee

Director, Eligibility & Examination

Bruce Wyatt

Senior Staff Attorney

205 West 14th Street, 5th Floor

Austin, Texas 78701

Post Office Box 13486

Austin, Texas 78711-3486

Phone: (512) 463-1621 Fax: (512) 463-5300 TDD: 1-800-RELAYTX

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members, employees, or agents by any person, entity, firm, or institution areprivileged, and civil suits for damages predicated thereon are barred.

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Appendix A

Texas Bar Examination Subjects

Multistate Subjects Constitutional law Evidence

Contracts Real property

. Criminal law Torts

Multistate Performance Test

The Texas Bar Examination includes the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), askills test designed to assess the examinees ability to use fundamental lawyering

skills in a realistic situation. During the test, each examinee will receive a fileof source documents and a library of cases, statutes, and rules. Using thesematerials, the examinee will perform an assigned lawyering task, such as writinga memorandum to a supervising attorney, a letter to a client, a contract provision,a proposal for settlement, or a closing argument. Contact the National Conferenceof Bar Examiners for sample MPT exams. The NCBE website is www.ncbex.orgor reach the agency by telephone at 608-280-8550.

Texas Essay Subjects

Business associations, including agency, corporations, partnerships, limitedliability companies, and professional associations

Trusts and guardianships

Wills and administration

Family law

Uniform Commercial Code

Consumer rights, including DTPA and insurance

Real property, including oil and gas

Cross-Over Topics

Income, estate, and gift tax issues, to be included where appropriate as anelement of questions in other subjects, such as family law, oil and gas, wills,etc.

Bankruptcy, to be included where appropriate as an element of questions inother subjects, such as family law, wills and estates, real property, etc.

Procedure And Evidence Subjects

Texas civil procedure and evidence, including jurisdiction Federal and Texas criminal procedure and evidence


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(j) In this section:

(1) Chemical dependency has the meaning provided by supremecourt rule adopted under Section 82.030.

(2) Controlled substance, treatment facility, and treatment havethe meanings assigned by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code.

Title 4. Executive Branch

Subtitle B. Law Enforcement and Public Protection

Chapter 411. Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas

Subchapter F. Criminal History Record Information

(excerpts pertaining to Board of Law Examiners)

411.081. Application of Subchapter

(i) A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history recordinformation that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure to the followingnoncriminal justice agencies or entities only:

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(5) the Board of Law Examiners

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411.100. Access to Criminal History Record Information: Board of LawExaminers

(k) The Board of Law Examiners is entitled to obtain from the departmentcriminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to aperson who is an applicant to take a bar examination.

(l) Criminal history record information obtained by the board underSubsection (a) may not be released or disclosed to any person, except on courtorder or with consent of the applicant.

(m) Immediately following the boards decision on recommending an

applicant, the board shall collect and seal all criminal history record informationobtained by the board that relates to that applicant.

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