Rule 1:24-2 Application for Admission by Bar Examination
Rule 1:24 — Bar Examinations; Qualifications For Admission to the Practice of Law
Rule Text
Applicants may apply for admission to the bar of this State by bar examination administered in New Jersey.
(a) Time and Place. Two examinations shall be held annually at such times and places and of such duration as the Board shall determine, subject to the approval of the Supreme Court. Effective with the February 2017 bar examination administration, New Jersey will administer the Uniform Bar Examination.
(b) Other Application Requirements. An applicant seeking admission by bar examination must meet all other requirements set forth in Rule 1:24-1 above.
Amendment history: Source-R.R. 1:20-1, 1:20-1A, 1:20-2(a), 1:20-3, 1:20-4, 1:22-2. Paragraph (b) amended and paragraph (e) adopted April 2, 1973 to be effective immediately; paragraph (a) amended September 19, 1973 to be effective immediately; former paragraph (b) deleted, former paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) redesignated (b), (c) and (d) and paragraph (d) amended July 24, 1978 to be effective September 11, 1978; paragraph (d) deleted September 21, 1981 to be effective immediately; (d) deleted September 21, 1981 to be effective immediately; introductory paragraph and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) amended July 13, 1994; paragraph (b) amended July 10, 1998 to be effective September 1, 1998; caption amended, captions and text of paragraphs (a) and (b) amended, and paragraph (c) deleted August 1, 2016 to be effective September 1, 2016.