Section 101. Standards for passing the bar examination

Commencing with the Pennsylvania Bar Examination to be administered in February of 1997, and until further Order of this Court, a successful candidate for admission to the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in addition to the other examination requirements approved by prior Orders of the Court which are not superseded hereby, must:

1. attain a scaled score of 130 or higher on the Multistate Bar Examination;

2. attain a scaled score of 135 or higher on the essay portion of the bar examination; and

3. attain a scaled score of 270 on the combined scores of the Multistate Bar Examination and the essay portion of the bar examination.

The provisions of this Rule 101 adopted December 30, 1993, effective December 30, 1993, 24 Pa.B. 333; amended February 4, 1997, effective February 4, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 797. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (186631).