Registration for the July 2023 New York Bar exam closes on Sunday, April 30th at 11:59 pm

[Undergraduate Law BA]

1. 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 $250 for JD graduates and $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/

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.

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.
https://www.nybarexam.org/

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.

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/

2. 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. This is the last MPRE you can pass and still be admitted to practice in the Fourth Department (Buffalo - Syracuse) in January 2024.
Registration deadline: June 8, 2023
Recommended submission date to apply for disability accommodations: April 24, 2023

3. You also need to take the New York Law Course and register one month before to take and pass the New York Law Exam. The 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 to the bar date in the Fourth Department is in June 2024:
Date of New York Law Exam: Thursday, September 14, 2023, 12:00PM
Complete New York Law Course (20 hours of videos) and register by the 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