Rule 72-2 Attorney’s Exam
Rule 72: The Bar Examination; Attorney’s Exam; and Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
Rule Text
(a) Attorney Applicant. Those qualifying as attorney Applicants may apply to take the Attorney’s Bar Examination (“Attorney’s Exam”). The Applicant has the burden of establishing to the Board that they are qualified to take the Attorney’s Exam. An Applicant may apply to take the Attorney’s Exam if:
(1) The Applicant is an attorney licensed to practice in any of the states, territories or possessions of the United States; and RULES OF ADMISSION AMENDED AUGUST 4, 2025
(2) The Applicant has been in the active practice of law for at least five of the last ten years.
(b) The Application. In addition to the requirements contained in Rule 71, the Applicant shall provide the Bar Administrator with a current Certificate of Bar Admission and a current Certificate of Good Standing from every jurisdiction from which the Applicant is admitted. The application shall also include a declaration from the Applicant which states with specificity the type of work, the dates the work was completed, and that such work qualifies as the active practice of law.
(c) The Examination. The Attorney’s Exam consists of the LCE as described in Rule 72-1(c).
(1) NCBE Bar. Attorney Applicants do not have to take the NCBE Bar.
(2) LCE. The Applicant shall earn a score of at least 26 points on the LCE to pass the Attorney’s Exam.
(3) MPRE. Attorney Applicants will not be required to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination as directed in Rule 72-3 if they are in good standing with every jurisdiction to which they are admitted.
(d) Determination of Active Practice of Law. The Board shall determine whether the attorney Applicant has satisfied the required number of years of the active practice of law and notify the Applicant fifteen days after the application is submitted if they do not qualify. If the Board finds that an Applicant does not qualify to take the Attorney’s Exam, the Applicant may apply to take the regular Bar Examination, and the original date the Attorney’s Exam application was submitted shall be used to determine the date of application for the regular Bar Examination. The difference in fees for the Attorney’s Exam and the regular Bar Examination shall not be refunded and the Applicant must timely submit proper fees in accordance with Rule 71-6(a) herein for the NCBE Bar.
(1) The “practice of law” is a term of art. Though no broad rule can be drawn to define the “practice of law,” it connotes more than merely working with legally related matters.
(2) The Applicant bears the burden to prove they have been engaged in the full-time practice of law such that the Applicant’s professional experience and responsibilities are sufficient to satisfy the Board that the Applicant should be admitted under this Rule.
RULES OF ADMISSION AMENDED AUGUST 4, 2025