Registration for the July 2023 New York Bar exam opens Saturday, April 1st

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Registration for the July 2023 New York Bar exam opens Saturday, April 1st

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The application for the July 2023 York Star Bar Exam is now open. The application will close on April 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm (NY time). There is no option for late registration in New York. New York gives the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE). The fee is $750 for foreign law graduates (LLM). The only acceptable form of payment for the UBE is a Visa or MasterCard credit card. Debit cards are not accepted. Application portal: https://portal.nybarexam.org/

Not taking the New York bar exam? Check if your State accepts the UBE (so you can take the exam in New York and transfer the score) or has its own exam at: https://ncbex.org/

For foreign law graduates to establish eligibility for the bar examination, all first-time applicants under Rule 520.6 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals for the Admission of Attorneys and Counselors at Law must request an advance evaluation of their eligibility before they file an application for the bar examination. See: https://www.nybarexam.org/Foreign/Forei ... cation.htm

The July 2023 administration of the New York Bar Examination will be a paper-based and in-person examination administered on July 26 - 27, 2023. There will be no remote option. The Board will have an optional laptop program permitting candidates who timely register for it (on initial bar exam application) to type their answers to the essay questions. As a reminder, consistent with Court of Appeals Rule 520.8(a), the examination consists of the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) resulting in a UBE score that may be transferred to other UBE jurisdictions. New York will also accept UBE scores of 266 or greater earned in other UBE jurisdictions.

The application is the ONLY time you can choose to participate in the laptop program to write your essays using a laptop. You can always opt out and write your essays, but you CANNOT opt in.

JULY 2023 BAR EXAMINATION

The July 25-26, 2023 New York State Bar Examination will be administered in-person at test sites that will be announced by early June 2023. The application period opens on April 1, 2023 and closes at 11:59 PM on April 30, 2003. Candidates for the July 2023 bar examination may be required to present proof of full vaccination (including a booster) or proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test and/or may be required to wear a mask fully covering their mouth and nose during the exam. Any and all COVID-19 safety and health procedures will be announced closer to the exam.

The application for the July 2023 bar examination is only open April 1-30, 2023. Applicants must apply for the bar exam through their “BOLE Account” in the Applicant Services. Any applicant who does not have a BOLE account, should click on BOLE Account in the menu and follow the instructions.

https://www.nybarexam.org/

Remember, you still need to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) with a score of 85; and complete the New York Law Course and pass the New York Law Exam to be eligible for admission in New York. When you pass all exams, you must submit an application for admission with all supporting documents, and be interviewed by the Character and Fitness Committee of the Appellate Division of Your residence to be sworn into the bar. https://www.nybarexam.org/Admission/Admission.htm

Next MPRE (ethics examination):
Dates of examination: Wednesday, August 9 or Thursday, August 10, 2023
Registration deadline: June 8, 2023
Recommended submission date to apply for disability accommodations: April 24, 2023

Next New York Law Exam - this is the last NY Law Exam you can pass and still be admitted to practice in the Fourth Department (Buffalo - Syracuse) in January 2024. If you do not pass it, the MPRE and/or the bar exam, you will not be admitted until you do. Next admission date would be June 2024:
Thursday, September 14, 2023, 12:00PM
Registration Deadline: August 14, 2023, 11:59PM
Test accommodation deadline is June 16, 2023


This post was made by Melinda R. Saran, , Vice Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs, UB School of Law
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