How this system works

Core Legal Rules · Public beta. Last updated 2026-06-18.

Core Legal Rules is a fast way to review the rules the MBE tests — the ones you already studied in law school and, if you took one, a full-length prep course. It is built for rapid review: refresh what you know in the minutes you would otherwise lose. Each rule takes about a minute to open, read, and close, so the odd few minutes — in line, on the bus, between things — add up to real coverage faster than you would think.

The two ways most people use it

Open any of the seven MBE subjects and you will see its rules grouped the way the exam groups them — core rules first, with their related rules a click away.

• Know a rule you are shaky on? Search it by name or text and go straight to it.
• Want a clean sweep? Switch any subject to Core only and move through the core rules one at a time. Across all seven subjects that is 549 core rules — a complete pass you can repeat as the exam gets close.

It is quick review to keep the rules sharp — not explanations, and not a practice-question bank. Use it alongside your practice questions, not in place of them.

Why it looks the way it does right now

We built Core Legal Rules to be genuinely useful now — in time for the July bar exam — rather than wait until everything we have planned is finished. So what you see today is deliberately focused: the core rules, organized clearly, ready to review.

This is an early version. In the months ahead we expect to add features that make it considerably more useful — but we did not want anyone sitting in July to wait on that. If something is missing, wrong, or unclear, tell us: every rule has a “Report an issue or ask a question” link, and what you send comes straight to us and shapes what we build next.