Per-state guide
Louisiana Bar Exam Prep
Louisiana bar exam (Louisiana): fees, deadlines, tested subjects, and recommended prep for the July 2026 and February 2027 administrations.
Key dates & fees
As of November 2, 2026. Confirm current dates and fees with the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions before filing.
February 2027 administration
Checked against board page| Exam type | Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Timely deadline | 2026-11-02 |
| Final deadline | 2026-12-15 |
| Late deadlines | 2026-12-15 |
| Standard fee | $850 / $975 |
| Attorney fee | $975 |
| Repeater fee | $975 |
| Late fee | $850 late filing fee (per the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions) |
| Laptop fee | $136 |
State value is used for this row; NCBE baseline first filing deadline was Nov. 1.
July 2027 administration
Estimate, not yet published| Exam type | Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Timely deadline | 2027-02-01 |
| Final deadline | 2027-05-15 |
| Late deadlines | 2027-05-15 |
| Standard fee | $850 / $975 |
| Attorney fee | $975 |
| Repeater fee | $975 |
| Late fee | $850 late filing fee (per the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions) |
| Laptop fee | $136 |
NCBE had not yet published an official chart for this exam administration when we last verified. The dates shown follow the jurisdiction's most recent same-cycle pattern and are estimates until the board publishes final deadlines. Confirm with the jurisdiction before relying on them.
Turn Louisiana 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
Louisiana civil-law written examination; not a standard UBE structure.
Louisiana is the outlier. Treat it as a civil-law exam with its own code-heavy architecture rather than a UBE variant with a local supplement.
National / MBE overlap
Contracts / Obligations
Torts
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence
Civil Procedure
Business Entities
State-specific or local focus
Civil Code I
Civil Code II
Civil Code III
Persons
Civil-Law Property
Community Property
Successions
Donations
Trusts
Obligations
Security Rights
Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure
Cycle-specific cautions
Trusts / Estates
Board note: Louisiana publishes its own Part I scope and schedule through the Committee on Bar Admissions.
Practice the subjects Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Official sources
- Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions, application requirements
- Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions
- NCBE LA non-UBE fees and deadlines chart
- NCBE jurisdiction indexOfficial NCBE entrypoint for jurisdiction-specific admission information.
- Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions bar exam pageOfficial Louisiana Committee page describing the nine-part written examination.