Certification & Licensing

Attorney Admissions

There are now two paths to the practice of law in the state of Arizona:

Admission by Examination

 

Admission on Motion

 

Admission to the Practice of Law

The Admissions Unit of the Certification and Licensing pision oversees the requirements to practice law in Arizona. The staff supports two Supreme Court committees, the Committee on Examinations and Committee on Character and Fitness. The Supreme Court acts on the basis of recommendations that it receives from these two committees. Applicants are admitted to practice law in Arizona by order of the Supreme Court of Arizona. Rules for admission of applicants are set forth in Rules 33 through 38 of the Supreme Court of Arizona.  

All candidates, whether by exam or admission on motion, must pass a detailed background investigation. No inpidual shall practice law in Arizona without having complied with Supreme Court Rules. Final authority for recommendation of admission to the practice of law rests with the Committee on Character and Fitness. Candidates for admission by examination must complete all test requirements in Arizona. No portion of the bar examination may be waived for exam applicants regardless of admission elsewhere or previously earned Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) score. A separate Character Report is required of examination applicants, and may be submitted concurrent with or after application for examination. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Miscellaneous Forms

 

Committee on Examinations, Committee on Character and Fitness
Supreme Court of Arizona
Administrative Office of the Courts
1501 W. Washington, Suite 104,  Phoenix, AZ 85007-3222
(602) 452-3971
email:  attorneyadmissions@courts.az.gov

 

Committee on Character & Fitness Members
David F. Gaona, Chair

Evelyn Patrick Rick

 Florence Y. Brooks
Lee Marshall Holtry, Vice Chair Cary Sandman

Steve M. Wilson
Viola Romero-Wright John Joseph Tuchi

Wanda F Moore
Erika J. Hand Laura J. Zeman-Mullen

Richard E. Gordon
Milton W. Hathaway, Jr. Ronald Ross Watson Susan E. Anderson
Lisa J. Counters

Stephen L. Weiss

Bennie R. Click

 

 Edward F. Novak  

 

Committee on Examinations Members
Theodore Campagnolo, Co-Chair Jeffrey B. Messing, Co-Chair Jeff T. Bergin
Michael G. Galloway K. Scott McCoy  
Karen Karr David B. Earl Jeffrey A. Weinstein
Terri L. Clarke Raymond K. Ramella Deborah L. Williams
  Mary M. Grier