Per-state guide
Florida Bar Exam Prep
Florida bar exam (Florida): fees, deadlines, tested subjects, and recommended prep for the July 2026 and February 2027 administrations.
Key dates & fees
Pulled from NCBE charts and state board pages, last checked July 6, 2026. Some later dates are estimates. Confirm with your board before filing.
February 2027 administration
Checked against board page| Exam type | Florida exam (not UBE) |
|---|---|
| Timely deadline | 2026-11-16 |
| Final deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Late deadlines | 2026-12-15 / 2027-01-15 |
| Standard fee | $1,000 |
| Attorney fee | $1,600-$3,000 |
| Repeater fee | $450 |
| Late fee | $325 by 2026-12-15 / $625 by final cutoff 2027-01-15 |
| Laptop fee | $125 |
Laptop fee is non-refundable and non-transferable; Florida lists a $125 laptop fee due by the final cutoff.
July 2027 administration
Estimate, not yet published| Exam type | Florida exam (not UBE) |
|---|---|
| Timely deadline | 2027-05-01 |
| Final deadline | 2027-06-15 |
| Late deadlines | 2027-06-01 / 2027-06-15 |
| Standard fee | $1,000 |
| Attorney fee | $1,600-$3,000 |
| Repeater fee | $450 |
| Late fee | $325 by 2027-06-01 / $625 by final cutoff 2027-06-15 |
| Laptop fee | $125 |
Laptop fee is non-refundable and non-transferable; Florida lists a $125 laptop fee due by the final cutoff.
Turn Florida dates into a daily practice plan
Use the guide to plan your filing and subject coverage, then create a free account for short MBE-style reps, saved progress, and weak-area routing tied to your jurisdiction.
Tested subjects
Part A Florida essays and Florida multiple choice; Part B MBE.
Florida keeps a substantial Florida-law layer, so national MBE work transfers only after you add Florida procedure, Florida constitutional law, and Florida professionalism rules.
National / MBE overlap
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Contracts / Sales
Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence
Real Property
Torts
Business Entities
State-specific or local focus
Florida Constitutional Law
Florida Civil Procedure
Florida Criminal Procedure
Florida Bar Rules
Professionalism
Wills / Estates
Trusts
Family Law
UCC Article 3
UCC Article 9
Cycle-specific cautions
Family Law / Domestic Relations
Trusts / Estates
Secured Transactions / UCC 9
Board note: Florida has announced a NextGen Bar Exam with Florida Law Component beginning July 2028.
Practice the subjects Florida is likely to test
Use the guide to plan your filing and subject coverage, then create a free account for short MBE-style reps, saved progress, and weak-area routing tied to your jurisdiction.
National resources to pair with Florida
Official sources
- Florida Board of Bar Examiners exam information
- Florida Board of Bar Examiners laptop program
- NCBE FL non-UBE fees and deadlines chart
- NCBE jurisdiction indexOfficial NCBE entrypoint for jurisdiction-specific admission information.
- Florida Board of Bar Examiners test specificationsOfficial Florida Board page for the Florida-prepared portion and test-specification materials.
- NCBE NextGen UBE content scopeOfficial NCBE scope for July 2026-February 2028 and July 2028 forward, including foundational concepts and skills-context treatment.
- NCBE help: legacy and NextGen content differencesOfficial NCBE help article noting July 2026 MEE removals and the MPT treatment of family law and trusts and estates.