Admission Requirements

Candidates must meet specific requirements including, but are not limited to:  

• You hold J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school
• You have actively practiced law for three of the prior five years
• You were admitted by bar examination either in a reciprocal jurisdiction and/or another jurisdiction (If admission by bar examination is in a non-reciprocal jurisdiction, then “active practice” must have occurred  in reciprocal jurisdictions) 
• You possess current moral fitness
• You have earned (or will earn) a minimum score of 85 on the MPRE during your lifetime 

Active practice may occur wholly or partially in a non-reciprocal jurisdiction after admission in reciprocal jurisdiction; there is no requirement that active practice must have occurred in reciprocal jurisdiction. 

For more information, please refer to Rule 38(h).