One bundle. Four NM-tuned slices.

New Mexico is one of the concrete states instantiated from the shared UBE template — California, Florida, Louisiana, New York, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, and now New Mexico. The MBE bank, MEE outlines, MPT workspace, and guide library are written; the NM-specific overlay (Rule 17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of New Mexico — JD-from-an-ABA-approved-law-school academic menu with no clerk-reader / apprenticeship alternative, paired with the NMBBE C&F 10-year disclosure + the NM LAP framework + the 270 UBE floor (HIGH-bracket shared with GA / CO / UT / WA / OH / MA / NY / OR / ME / PA / TX / RI, ABOVE the 266 default and the IN 264 / OK 264 lower-tier) + MPRE ≥ 80 default-MPRE tier + Rule 17 UBE score transfer + the New Mexico doctrine the MEE graders are reading for: NMSA 1978 § 53-11 (the NMBCA — an RMBCA variant) in Business Associations, NMSA 1978 § 45-2-101 et seq. (the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code with § 45-2-201 NM UPC elective-share — distinct from MA\'s M.G.L. c. 191 § 15 / NJ N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1 / 2013 R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1.1-201 / AL\'s § 43-8-70 spousal-elector — New Mexico does cite the UPC and reads § 45-2-201) in Wills/Trusts/Estates, NMSA 1978 Chapter 40 (Domestic Relations — § 40-4-1 no-fault incompatibility dissolution, AND — CRITICAL — New Mexico is a COMMUNITY-PROPERTY jurisdiction under § 40-3-1 et seq., NOT a separate-property jurisdiction like AL / RI / VA / NC / OH — a MAJOR NM doctrine flag distinguishing the MEE Family Law essay from any community-property or separate-property state outside the NM community-property doctrine), with parenting/custody under § 40-4-9 'best interests of the child' framework in Family Law, NMSA 1978 Chapter 47 (Real Property — § 47-1-4 race-notice recording + § 37-1-28 10-year AP + § 48-10-1 trustee\'s-sale NON-JUDICIAL foreclosure, the procedure flag what the NM graders watch for, distinct from AL\'s chancery-court judicial foreclosure and TX / WA / GA / AZ power-of-sale non-judicial foreclosure + § 72-1-1 et seq. the NM Water Code — the appropriative- water-rights regime parallel to CO / WA / MT / OR / NE / ND) in Real Property) is sourced from primary authority; the pacing is wired against the Feb 2027 / July 2027 administrations.

The single-state purchase matches California, Florida, Louisiana, New York, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, Alabama, and the rest of the pilot cohort at $499 one-time — a deliberate parity that keeps the per-state cost obvious while the UBE bundle rolls out one state at a time. After Stripe confirms your purchase, access opens online and stays live until your window closes — instant, no shipment, no handoff. See the full feature breakdown on /pricing, or run the module comparison matrix at /compare.

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The four NM slices, on one page.

The New Mexico module consolidates the existing UBE scaffold around Rule 17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of New Mexico gates — NMBBE admission (Rule 17 academic menu + the NMBBE C&F 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework + the 270 UBE floor + the ≥ 80 MPRE default-MPRE tier + the Rule 17 UBE score transfer window), the seven-subject MBE bank, the MEE outlines with the NM doctrine overlay (NMSA 1978 § 53-11 in Business Associations, NMSA 1978 § 45-2-101 et seq. in Wills/Trusts/Estates, NMSA 1978 Chapter 40 in Family Law, NMSA 1978 Chapter 47 in Real Property with the § 48-10-1 trustee's-sale NON-JUDICIAL foreclosure procedure flag + the § 72-1-1 et seq. NM Water Code appropriative-water-rights doctrine), and the MPT workspace anchored to NM libraries (NM District Court civil under the New Mexico Rules of Civil Procedure, NM Probate Court filings under Chapter 45, NM Water Court filings under Chapter 72 Article 1, NM Magistrate Court civil — the THREE-TIER District Court → New Mexico Court of Appeals → New Mexico Supreme Court appellate system) — into a single purchase. Each slice links to the live preview surface; same content, gated behind your access window.

Slice 01 · admission rules

Rule 17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of New Mexico + the four NM gates

The New Mexico Supreme Court as the admitting court (the Court administers Rule 17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of New Mexico — the JD-from-an-ABA-approved-law-school academic menu paired with the New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct modeled on the ABA Model Rules; New Mexico maintains no clerk-reader / law-office-study / apprenticeship alternative like ME Rule 3.5(b) / AL Rule II / MO Rule 8.04 / CA Rule 4.15, and no LLM-equivalent pathway for foreign-trained lawyers like CO Rule 201(b) / WA APR 3(c) / AZ Rule 34(g) — the strictly ABA-JD academic menu) paired with the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners (NMBBE) administering the bar under Rule 17; the Rule 17 C&F 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework (a voluntary LAP disclosure path distinct from WA LAP / NJ LARP / GA GLCP / MA LCL / OH OLAP / NC NCLAP / VA LHL / CO COLAP — New Mexico pairs the strict 10-year disclosure model with a separate NM LAP framework). The four NM gates: the ABA-accredited-JD eligibility pathway under Rule 17 (JD from an ABA-approved law school is the only academic menu — no clerk-reader / apprenticeship, no LLM-equivalent pathway for foreign-trained lawyers, a separable NM admission flag distinct from NY / PA / MA / IL / GA / WA / OH / NC / VA / CO requiring the strict ABA-accredited-JD pathway); the UBE score transfer pathway at scaled ≥ 270 (the NM-published UBE acceptance floor, scaled) earned in another UBE jurisdiction within 3 years of the test date under Rule 17 (Feb and July administrations both accepted); the MPRE at scaled ≥ 80, NCBE-certified, filed pre-admission under Rule 17 — the DEFAULT-MPRE tier shared with NC / VA / IL / MO / IN / IA / NE / ME / AK / WV, ABOVE the 75 LOW-MPRE tier shared with NJ / GA / OK / AL, BELOW the 85 HIGH-MPRE tier shared with TN / MA / NY / WA / OH / CO / TX / AZ / UT — a separable NM MPRE floor; and the NMBBE Character & Fitness 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework. The single markdown that has to be right before any NM sitter writes a single essay.

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Slice 02 · MBE bank

Calibrated 7-subject MBE bank

A multistate MBE question bank sized for a 90-day run toward the Feb 2027 NM administration — seven subjects (Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, Torts) tagged by topic and weighted to current NCBE scoring distributions. Civ Pro harder, Evidence and Contracts stable — the same weighting the NM-adjacent grader reads for. NM-specific touchstones appear inside the Contracts outline (the New Mexico Business Corporation Act at NMSA 1978 § 53-11 — the NMBCA, overlay on close-corporation statutory regime at § 53-11-7.32 with § 53-11-8.30 director fiduciary duties, and the appraisal/dissenters' rights regime at § 53-11-13.20 — where the multistate rule is silent) and inside the Civil Procedure outline (the New Mexico Rules of Civil Procedure — NM RCP — analogous to federal FRCP with state variance on pleading, motion, and summary-judgment practice, under the New Mexico District Court practice anchored to Bernalillo County / Albuquerque + Santa Fe County / Santa Fe + Doña Ana County / Las Cruces + Sandoval County / Bernalillo + Chaves County / Roswell). The seven MBE subjects are the seven, and the NM doctrine lives in the MEE overlays.

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Slice 03 · MEE outlines

MEE outlines with the NM doctrine overlay

Six MEE fact patterns, each with a substantive IRAC outline. The Business Associations, Wills/Trusts/Estates, Family Law, and Real Property outlines carry a New Mexico overlay — the New Mexico Business Corporation Act at NMSA 1978 § 53-11 (the NMBCA — an RMBCA variant, with § 53-11-8.30 director fiduciary duties, § 53-11-7.32 close-corporation provisions, and § 53-11-13.20 appraisal/dissenters' rights — a separable NM doctrine flag distinct from TX's TBOC Chapter 21, NC's N.C.G.S. § 55-10-01, VA's Va. Code § 13.1-661, OH's R.C. 1701.71, CO's C.R.S. § 7-108-301) in Business Associations; NMSA 1978 § 45-2-101 et seq. (the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code, with § 45-2-501 testamentary capacity, § 45-2-502 two-witness attestation, § 45-2-504 self-proving affidavit, and § 45-2-201 NM UPC elective-share — distinct from MA's M.G.L. c. 191 § 15 elective-share framing, from NJ's N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1 elective-share framing, from the 2013 R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1.1-201 elective-share framing — New Mexico does cite the UPC and reads § 45-2-201) in Wills/Trusts/Estates; NMSA 1978 Chapter 40 (Domestic Relations — § 40-4-1 no-fault 'incompatibility' dissolution, AND — CRITICAL — New Mexico is a COMMUNITY-PROPERTY jurisdiction under § 40-3-1 et seq. (NOT a separate-property, common-law equitable-distribution jurisdiction like AL under § 30-2-52, NOT RI under R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.1; NOT a community-property jurisdiction like TX / WA / AZ under Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001 / RCW 26.16 / A.R.S. § 25-211 — a MAJOR NM doctrine flag distinguishing the MEE Family Law essay from any community-property or separate-property state outside the NM community-property doctrine), with parenting/custody under the 'best interests of the child' framework at NMSA 1978 § 40-4-9 (the NM best-interest factors), and the NM child-support framework) in Family Law; and NMSA 1978 Chapter 47 (Real Property — recording under Chapter 47 § 47-1-4 race-notice jurisdiction — parallel to TX's race-notice under Tex. Property Code § 13.001 and to AL's recording under § 35-4-90, distinct from NJ's N.J.S.A. 46:21-1 / WA's RCW 65.08 / CO's C.R.S. § 38-35-109 notice-only framings, NMSA 1978 § 37-1-28 10-year statutory adverse possession (parallel to AL / WA / CO / NC / VA / 10-year — SHORTER than TN's 30-year and MD's 20-year — a separable NM doctrine flag), NMSA 1978 § 48-10-1 et seq. NM mortgagee's NON-JUDICIAL trustee's-sale foreclosure (the NM trustee's-sale practice — distinctly different from AL's chancery-court judicial foreclosure under § 35-10-1 and from TX / WA / GA / AZ power-of-sale non-judicial foreclosure under Tex. Property Code § 51.002 / RCW 61.24 / O.C.G.A. § 44-14-160 / A.R.S. § 33-725 — the NM trustee's-sale procedure is what the NM graders watch for, a procedure flag), and NMSA 1978 § 72-1-1 et seq. the NM Water Code — the appropriative-water-rights regime parallel to CO Title 37 / NE § 46-202 / ND N.D.C.C. Chapter 61-01 / MT MCA Title 85 / WA Ch. 90.03 RCW / OR ORS 537 — a separable NM water doctrine flag). Every Professional Responsibility outline tags the New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct reference inline.

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Slice 04 · MPT workspace

MPT workspace anchored to NM libraries

Two 90-minute MPT tasks under a 90-minute budget, with the New Mexico file/library combinations surfaced first — New Mexico District Court civil practice under the New Mexico Rules of Civil Procedure (NM RCP, analogous to federal FRCP with state variance on pleading, motion, and summary-judgment practice) and local standing orders from the NM five graded MPT venues (Bernalillo County — Albuquerque, Santa Fe County — Santa Fe, Doña Ana County — Las Cruces, Sandoval County — Bernalillo, Chaves County — Roswell — the Second Judicial District + First Judicial District + Doña Ana + Sandoval + Chaves, each with distinctive local rules — distinct from AK's Anchorage / Fairbanks / Juneau / Wasilla / Ketchikan, from MD's Baltimore City / Montgomery / Prince George's / Baltimore County / Anne Arundel, from TN's Davidson / Shelby / Knox Chancery Standing Orders); New Mexico Supreme Court briefs under the New Mexico Rules of Appellate Procedure (Statement of Facts / Argument / Conclusion headings — the NM appellate system is District Court → New Mexico Court of Appeals → New Mexico Supreme Court, a THREE-TIER structure that mirrors the federal Circuit → Supreme Court framing); New Mexico Probate Court filings under NMSA 1978 Chapter 45 (formal probate and supervised administration — the NM probate framework that sits on the NM UPC § 45-2-101 et seq. elective-share citation); New Mexico Water Court filings under NMSA 1978 Chapter 72 Article 1 (the specialized NM Water Court under NMSA 1978 § 72-4-1 et seq. — a separable NM filing surface parallel to CO Title 37 / WA Ch. 90.03 RCW / MT MCA Title 85 / OR ORS 537 / NE § 46-202 / ND N.D.C.C. Chapter 61-01 / NM § 72-1-1 et seq. NM Water Code); and New Mexico Magistrate Court civil pleadings (small-claims / misdemeanors — the NM lower-court surface under the Magistrate Court framework). The workspace shows the task-model skeleton, the time markers, and an exemplar paragraph-by-paragraph scaffold.

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New Mexico module · FAQ

The questions NM buyers ask before purchasing.

These are the questions New Mexico candidates ask before pulling the trigger — scope, the overlay, the calendar anchor, the NMBBE filing window + the 270 UBE transfer rule (scaled ≥ 270 within 3 years — the HIGH-bracket UBE acceptance floor shared with GA / CO / UT / WA / OH / MA / NY / OR / ME / PA / TX / RI, ABOVE the 266 default and the IN 264 / OK 264 lower-tier), the MPRE ≥ 80 sequencing (the DEFAULT-MPRE tier shared with NC / VA / IL / MO / IN / IA / NE / ME / AK / WV, ABOVE the 75 LOW-MPRE tier shared with NJ / GA / OK / AL, BELOW the 85 HIGH-MPRE tier shared with TN / MA / NY / WA / OH / CO / TX / AZ / UT), and how the New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct (modeled on the ABA Model Rules) + the NMBBE Character & Fitness 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework frame admission. See the full pricing breakdown on /pricing and the per-state compare matrix at /compare.

What does the New Mexico module include?

Four slices, on one page: Rule 17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of New Mexico admission + the four NM gates (the JD-from-an-ABA-approved-law-school academic menu under Rule 17 — no clerk-reader / law-office-study / apprenticeship alternative like ME Rule 3.5(b) / AL Rule II / MO Rule 8.04 / CA Rule 4.15, and no LLM-equivalent pathway for foreign-trained lawyers like CO Rule 201(b) / WA APR 3(c) / AZ Rule 34(g) — a separable NM admission flag; UBE score transfer at scaled ≥ 270 within 3 years of test date under Rule 17 — the HIGH-bracket UBE acceptance floor, scaled, shared with GA / CO / UT / WA / OH / MA / NY / OR / ME / PA / TX / RI, ABOVE the 266 default shared by NC / MO / IA / NJ / IL / IN / VA / NE / MT / MN and the IN 264 / OK 264 lower-tier; the MPRE at ≥ 80 NCBE-certified pre-admission — the DEFAULT-MPRE tier shared with NC / VA / IL / MO / IN / IA / NE / ME / AK / WV, ABOVE the 75 LOW-MPRE tier shared with NJ / GA / OK / AL, BELOW the 85 HIGH-MPRE tier shared with TN / MA / NY / WA / OH / CO / TX / AZ / UT — a separable NM MPRE floor; and the NMBBE Character & Fitness 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework); the seven-subject MBE bank sized for the Feb 2027 NM administration; the MEE outlines with the NM doctrine overlay — NMSA 1978 § 53-11 (the NMBCA — an RMBCA variant) with § 53-11-8.30 director fiduciary duties + § 53-11-7.32 close-corporation provisions + § 53-11-13.20 appraisal/dissenters' rights in Business Associations; NMSA 1978 § 45-2-101 et seq. (the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code — § 45-2-501 testamentary capacity, § 45-2-502 two-witness attestation, § 45-2-504 self-proving affidavit, and § 45-2-201 NM UPC elective-share — New Mexico DOES cite the UPC, the § 45-2-201 elective-share citation is distinct from MA's M.G.L. c. 191 § 15, from NJ's N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1, from the 2013 R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1.1-201 elective-share framing, and from AL's § 43-8-70 spousal-elector — a separable NM citation on the bar exam) in Wills/Trusts/Estates; NMSA 1978 Chapter 40 (Domestic Relations — § 40-4-1 no-fault incompatibility dissolution, AND — CRITICAL — New Mexico is a COMMUNITY-PROPERTY jurisdiction under § 40-3-1 et seq. (NOT separate-property, common-law equitable-distribution like AL under § 30-2-52, NOT RI under R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.1; NOT TN's T.C.A. § 36-4-121 separate-property 10-factor framework; NOT MD's Marston formula; NOT NC's § 50-20 14-factor list; NOT OH's R.C. 3105.171 — a MAJOR NM doctrine flag distinguishing the MEE Family Law essay from any community-property or separate-property state outside the NM community-property doctrine), with parenting/custody under § 40-4-9 'best interests of the child' framework in Family Law; and NMSA 1978 Chapter 47 (Real Property — § 47-1-4 race-notice recording jurisdiction, NMSA 1978 § 37-1-28 10-year statutory adverse possession, NMSA 1978 § 48-10-1 et seq. NM mortgagee's NON-JUDICIAL trustee's-sale foreclosure — distinctly different from AL's chancery-court judicial foreclosure under § 35-10-1 and from TX / WA / GA / AZ power-of-sale non-judicial foreclosure — the NM trustee's-sale procedure is what the NM graders watch for, a procedure flag — and NMSA 1978 § 72-1-1 et seq. the NM Water Code, the appropriative-water-rights regime parallel to CO Title 37 / WA Ch. 90.03 RCW / MT MCA Title 85 / OR ORS 537 / NE § 46-202 / ND N.D.C.C. Chapter 61-01) in Real Property; and the MPT workspace anchored to New Mexico District Court civil (NM RCP, with Bernalillo County / Albuquerque + Santa Fe County / Santa Fe + Doña Ana County / Las Cruces + Sandoval County / Bernalillo + Chaves County / Roswell local standing orders), New Mexico Supreme Court briefs under the New Mexico Rules of Appellate Procedure (the THREE-TIER District Court → New Mexico Court of Appeals → New Mexico Supreme Court appellate system — parallel to the federal Circuit → Supreme Court framing), New Mexico Probate Court filings under NMSA 1978 Chapter 45 (the NM UPC framework), New Mexico Water Court filings under NMSA 1978 Chapter 72 Article 1 (the specialized NM Water Court under NMSA 1978 § 72-4-1 et seq.), and New Mexico Magistrate Court civil pleadings. The 90-day calendar + the guide library come along for the ride. One $499 purchase unlocks the whole bundle end-to-end.

How does the New Mexico module differ from a generic UBE prep?

The MBE bank, MEE fact patterns, and MPT scaffolds are a single shared UBE catalogue. What the New Mexico module adds is the NM-specific overlay: the four NM gates (UBE score transfer at scaled ≥ 270 within 3 years of test date under Rule 17 — the HIGH-bracket UBE acceptance floor, scaled, shared with GA / CO / UT / WA / OH / MA / NY / OR / ME / PA / TX / RI, ABOVE the 266 default floor shared by NC / MO / IA / NJ / IL / IN / VA / NE / MT / MN and the IN 264 / OK 264 lower-tier — a separable NM UBE floor distinguishing NM from the default 266 cluster; the MPRE at scaled ≥ 80 NCBE-certified filed pre-admission — the DEFAULT-MPRE tier shared with NC / VA / IL / MO / IN / IA / NE / ME / AK / WV, ABOVE the 75 LOW-MPRE tier shared with NJ / GA / OK / AL, BELOW the 85 HIGH-MPRE tier shared with TN / MA / NY / WA / OH / CO / TX / AZ / UT — a separable NM MPRE floor; the NMBBE Character & Fitness 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework) and the New Mexico doctrine the MEE graders are reading for. NMSA 1978 § 53-11 (the NMBCA — an RMBCA variant, with § 53-11-8.30 director fiduciary duties, § 53-11-7.32 close-corporation provisions, and § 53-11-13.20 appraisal/dissenters' rights — a separable NM doctrine flag distinct from TX's TBOC Chapter 21, NC's N.C.G.S. § 55-10-01, VA's Va. Code § 13.1-661, OH's R.C. 1701.71, CO's C.R.S. § 7-108-301) in Business Associations; NMSA 1978 § 45-2-101 et seq. (the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code — § 45-2-501 testamentary capacity, § 45-2-502 two-witness attestation, § 45-2-504 self-proving affidavit, and § 45-2-201 NM UPC elective-share — New Mexico DOES cite the UPC and reads § 45-2-201, the § 45-2-201 citation is the framing the NM graders read — distinct from MA's M.G.L. c. 191 § 15, from NJ's N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1, from the 2013 R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1.1-201 elective-share framing, and from AL's § 43-8-70 spousal-elector — a separable NM citation on the bar exam) in Wills/Trusts/Estates; NMSA 1978 Chapter 40 (Domestic Relations — § 40-4-1 no-fault incompatibility dissolution, AND — CRITICAL — New Mexico is a COMMUNITY-PROPERTY jurisdiction under § 40-3-1 et seq. (NOT a separate-property, common-law equitable-distribution jurisdiction like AL under § 30-2-52, NOT RI under R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.1; NOT a community-property jurisdiction like TX / WA / AZ under Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001 / RCW 26.16 / A.R.S. § 25-211 — a MAJOR NM doctrine flag distinguishing the MEE Family Law essay from any community-property or separate-property state outside the NM community-property doctrine), with parenting/custody under § 40-4-9 'best interests of the child' framework and the NM child-support framework) in Family Law; and NMSA 1978 Chapter 47 (Real Property — § 47-1-4 race-notice recording jurisdiction, NMSA 1978 § 37-1-28 10-year statutory adverse possession, NMSA 1978 § 48-10-1 et seq. NM mortgagee's NON-JUDICIAL trustee's-sale foreclosure — distinctly different from AL's chancery-court judicial foreclosure under § 35-10-1 and from TX / WA / GA / AZ power-of-sale non-judicial foreclosure — the NM trustee's-sale procedure is what the NM graders watch for, a procedure flag — and NMSA 1978 § 72-1-1 et seq. the NM Water Code, the appropriative-water-rights regime parallel to CO Title 37 / WA Ch. 90.03 RCW / MT MCA Title 85 / OR ORS 537 / NE § 46-202 / ND N.D.C.C. Chapter 61-01) in Real Property — the overlay is what bumps a marginal MEE essay from a 3 to a 4; the multistate rule is table stakes.

When is the next NM UBE administration and how does the calendar anchor to it?

The Feb 2027 NM UBE is administered on Tuesday 2027-02-23 / Wednesday 2027-02-24 — New Mexico administers the NCBE standard UBE dates (last Tuesday/Wednesday of February and July). The 90-day plan starts Monday 2026-11-23 for the Feb 2027 sitting, and regenerates from your purchase date. The July 2027 cycle follows on Tuesday 2027-07-27 / Wednesday 2027-07-28. Plan to file the NMBBE application inside the priority window — the NMBBE window typically opens roughly four months before the sitting and the priority deadline closes ~60-75 days ahead, with a sharply higher late-filing fee after that.

What are the NMBBE filing windows and can I transfer a UBE score into New Mexico?

The NMBBE posts a priority filing window for each administration, typically opening roughly four months before the sitting and closing 60-75 days ahead. Late-filing fees apply after the priority deadline — the safe path files inside that window. Under Rule 17 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of New Mexico, New Mexico accepts a transferred UBE score of 270 or higher (the NM-published UBE acceptance floor, scaled — the HIGH-bracket floor shared with GA / CO / UT / WA / OH / MA / NY / OR / ME / PA / TX / RI, ABOVE the 266 default shared by NC / MO / IA / NJ / IL / IN / VA / NE / MT / MN and the IN 264 / OK 264 lower-tier — a separable NM doctrine flag distinguishing NM's UBE floor from the 266 cluster) earned in another UBE jurisdiction within three years of the test date — subject to the NMBBE Character & Fitness 10-year disclosure paired with the NM LAP framework (the voluntary LAP framework parallel to WA LAP / NJ LARP / GA GLCP / MA LCL / OH OLAP / NC NCLAP / VA LHL / CO COLAP). Both February and July administrations are accepted for transfer. A transfer candidate still must satisfy the MPRE (≥ 80, NCBE-certified, the DEFAULT-MPRE tier shared with NC / VA / IL / MO / IN / IA / NE / ME / AK / WV, ABOVE the 75 LOW-MPRE tier shared with NJ / GA / OK / AL, BELOW the 85 HIGH-MPRE tier shared with TN / MA / NY / WA / OH / CO / TX / AZ / UT) before admission — sequence it well ahead of the NMBBE filing window so the score is on file when the application is reviewed.

Does New Mexico waive the MPRE?

No. Rule 17 sets the MPRE floor at scaled ≥ 80 — the DEFAULT-MPRE tier shared with NC / VA / IL / MO / IN / IA / NE / ME / AK / WV, ABOVE the 75 LOW-MPRE tier shared with NJ / GA / OK / AL, and BELOW the 85 HIGH-MPRE tier shared with TN / MA / NY / WA / OH / CO / TX / AZ / UT — a separable NM MPRE floor. The Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam is a separate pre-admission requirement — a scaled score of 80 or higher (NCBE-certified) must be on file before admission, independent of the UBE score and the NMBBE Character & Fitness 10-year disclosure. There is no NM-specific waiver; the NCBE score must be on file at the NMBBE before the application is considered.

How is the New Mexico doctrine overlay sourced?

NMSA 1978 § 53-11 (the NMBCA — an RMBCA variant, with § 53-11-8.30 director fiduciary duties, § 53-11-7.32 close-corporation provisions, and § 53-11-13.20 appraisal/dissenters' rights — a separable NM doctrine flag distinct from TX's TBOC Chapter 21, NC's N.C.G.S. § 55-10-01, VA's Va. Code § 13.1-661, OH's R.C. 1701.71, CO's C.R.S. § 7-108-301 — the NMBCA is an RMBCA variant that pairs the close-corporation statutory regime with the appraisal/dissenters' rights regime at § 53-11-13.20) feeds the Business Associations overlay; NMSA 1978 § 45-2-101 et seq. (the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code — § 45-2-501 testamentary capacity, § 45-2-502 two-witness attestation, § 45-2-504 self-proving affidavit, and § 45-2-201 NM UPC elective-share — New Mexico DOES cite the UPC and reads § 45-2-201, the § 45-2-201 citation is the framing the NM graders read — distinct from MA's M.G.L. c. 191 § 15, from NJ's N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1, from the 2013 R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-1.1-201 elective-share framing, and from AL's § 43-8-70 spousal-elector — a separable NM citation on the bar exam) feeds the Wills/Trusts/Estates overlay; NMSA 1978 Chapter 40 (Domestic Relations — § 40-4-1 no-fault incompatibility dissolution, AND — CRITICAL — New Mexico is a COMMUNITY-PROPERTY jurisdiction under § 40-3-1 et seq. (NOT a separate-property, common-law equitable-distribution jurisdiction like AL under § 30-2-52, NOT RI under R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-16.1; NOT a community-property jurisdiction like TX / WA / AZ under Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001 / RCW 26.16 / A.R.S. § 25-211 — a MAJOR NM doctrine flag distinguishing the MEE Family Law essay from any community-property or separate-property state outside the NM community-property doctrine), with parenting/custody under § 40-4-9 'best interests of the child' framework and the NM child-support framework) feeds Family Law; NMSA 1978 Chapter 47 (Real Property — § 47-1-4 race-notice recording jurisdiction parallel to TX's race-notice under Tex. Property Code § 13.001 and to AL's recording under § 35-4-90, NMSA 1978 § 37-1-28 10-year statutory adverse possession (parallel to AL / WA / CO / NC / VA 10-year — SHORTER than TN's 30-year and MD's 20-year — a separable NM doctrine flag), NMSA 1978 § 48-10-1 et seq. NM mortgagee's NON-JUDICIAL trustee's-sale foreclosure (distinctly different from AL's chancery-court judicial foreclosure under § 35-10-1 and from TX / WA / GA / AZ power-of-sale non-judicial foreclosure under Tex. Property Code § 51.002 / RCW 61.24 / O.C.G.A. § 44-14-160 / A.R.S. § 33-725 — the NM trustee's-sale procedure is what the NM graders watch for, a procedure flag), and NMSA 1978 § 72-1-1 et seq. the NM Water Code — the appropriative-water-rights regime parallel to CO Title 37 / WA Ch. 90.03 RCW / MT MCA Title 85 / OR ORS 537 / NE § 46-202 / ND N.D.C.C. Chapter 61-01 / NM § 72-1-1 et seq.) feeds Real Property. The New Mexico Rules of Civil Procedure (NM RCP) + Bernalillo County / Albuquerque Second Judicial District + Santa Fe County / Santa Fe First Judicial District + Doña Ana County / Las Cruces + Sandoval County / Bernalillo + Chaves County / Roswell local standing orders + the New Mexico Rules of Appellate Procedure briefs (the THREE-TIER District Court → New Mexico Court of Appeals → New Mexico Supreme Court appellate structure — parallel to the federal Circuit → Supreme Court framing) + NM Probate Court filings under NMSA 1978 Chapter 45 (the NM UPC framework) + NM Water Court filings under NMSA 1978 Chapter 72 Article 1 (the specialized NM Water Court under NMSA 1978 § 72-4-1 et seq.) + NM Magistrate Court civil pleadings (small-claims / misdemeanors) feed the MPT libraries. The overlay is what differentiates an NM sitter on a fact-pattern essay from a candidate trained purely on the multistate rule.

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New Mexico module

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