Applicants for admission by examination to the Minnesota Bar are tested on some of the following subjects in the essay portion of the examination. We offer this list of subject areas and the courses that address these subjects for your information only. It is up to each student to decide how many bar courses he/she wishes to take while in law school.
| Bar subject tested | Comparable Mitchell Hamline course |
|---|---|
| Business Associations | Business Organizations |
| Conflict of Laws | Advanced Civil Dispute Resolution |
| Constitutional Law | Liberties: Advanced Legal Reasoning, Constitutional Law – Powers |
| Contracts | Contracts: Transactional Law, Commercial Law Survey |
| Criminal Law and Procedure | Criminal Law: Statutory Interpretation, Constitutional Criminal Procedure |
| Evidence | Evidence |
| Family Law | Family Law, Family Law Survey |
| Federal Civil Procedure | Civil Dispute Resolution, Advanced Civil Dispute Resolution |
| Negotiable Instruments | Commercial Law Survey |
| Real Property | Property: Jurisprudential and Comparative Analysis, Modern Real Estate Transactions |
| Secured Transactions | Secured Transactions |
| Torts | Torts: The Common Law Process |
| Wills, Estates and Trusts | Estates and Trusts, Estates and Trusts Survey |