Section 5 - Ohio Bar Examination(A) Two Ohio bar examinations shall be held each year in Ohio, one commencing in February and one commencing in July. The examinations shall be the UBE prepared by the NCBE and shall be scheduled consistent with the dates designated by the NCBE for administration of the UBE. The UBE shall consist of the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), two Multistate Performance Test (MPT) items, and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), which are administered in four half-day sessions over a period of two days. The UBE covers such subjects and skills as published by the NCBE on its website.(B)(1) The MBE shall be graded by the NCBE or its agent. An applicant's MBE scaled score shall be used in computing the applicant's Ohio bar examination score.(2) All answers to the written portion of the examination, which shall consist of both the MEE and the MPT, shall be graded under the direction of the Board of Bar Examiners. The Board shall adopt rules and policies for grading that are consistent with the sound testing practices followed by all jurisdictions that administer the UBE. The rules shall include a provision for the NCBE to covert the raw scores on the written portion of an examination to the MBE scale by the methodology used for UBE jurisdictions. The rules also shall include a provision for regrading of the written portion of the examination, prior to announcement of examination results, for any applicant whose total examination score after scaling falls within two points below the minimum passing score.(3) calculating UBE total scores, the MEE shall be weighted thirty percent, the MPT shall be weighted twenty percent, and the MBE shall be weighted fifty percent. Subject to the Court's approval, the Board shall determine and publish the total score necessary to pass the examination.(4) Except where a mathematical or clerical error has been made, scores determined in accordance with this section and Board rules shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal.(C) To earn a portable UBE score that is transferable to other UBE jurisdictions, persons taking the Ohio bar examination shall sit for and take all components of the bar examination in a single administration.(D) Within a reasonable time following the announcement of examination results, the Board may publish the MEE and MPT used on the examination. The Board may publish a selection of applicant answers to the written portion of the examination. For a reasonable fee, applicants who did not pass the examination may obtain copies of their answers to the written portion of the examination. All other examination and Board materials shall not be considered public information.(E)(1) Information regarding whether an applicant has taken or passed a particular bar examination shall be public information. An Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, an applicant's bar examination scores shall not be public information.(2) The applicant's raw bar examination score shall be provided to the NCBE to calculate scaled scores. Upon request by an applicant, the NCBE will certify and transfer the applicant's scaled written score, scaled MBE score, and total UBE score to other UBE jurisdictions. The NCBE may also release to an applicant, upon request by the applicant, the applicant's scaled MBE score, scaled written score, and total UBE score.Amended April 4, 2020, effective 6/1/2020.