US BAR
Barrister-at-law, United States
Admit to the legal profession
Check your eligibility
A. New York Bar
All foreign-educated lawyers
Whether eligible based on your common law education or through your LL.M. degree - must submit the On-Line Request for Evaluation of Foreign Academic Credentials to get a decision on their eligibility for the New York Bar Exam. The Board of Law Examiners is recommending that students submit that Request at least a year before you plan to sit for the exam. Candidate without a LLM degree may consider our online LLM program offered byFlorida Coastal School of Law.
Applicants with LLM qualifications
B. California Bar
Application Requirements and Procedures
All foreign-educated lawyers
Whether eligible based on your common law education or through your LL.M. degree - must submit the On-Line Request for Evaluation of Foreign Academic Credentials to get a decision on their eligibility for the New York Bar Exam. The Board of Law Examiners is recommending that students submit that Request at least a year before you plan to sit for the exam. Candidate without a LLM degree may consider our online LLM program offered byFlorida Coastal School of Law.
Applicants with LLM qualifications
- A Law Degree from a law school recognized by competent accrediting agency of the government of the foreign country and must be deemed qualified and approved.
- The program of study must also be “substantially” equivalent in duration to a full-time or part-time program required at a law school in the United States approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).
- The foreign country’s jurisprudence must be based upon the principles of the English Common Law.
B. California Bar
Application Requirements and Procedures
- Complete the necessary general education;
- Register with the Committee of Bar Examiners as a law student or attorney applicant;
- Complete the requisite legal education;
- File an application to take the First-Year Law Students' Examination and pass, or establish exemption from the examination;
- File an application to take the California Bar Examination and after eligibility has been confirmed, take and pass the examination;
- File an application for a moral character determination and receive a positive moral character determination from the Committee of Bar Examiners;
- File an application, take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination and achieve a minimum scaled score as determined by the Committee of Bar Examiners, which examination is administered and graded by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (www.ncbex.org);
- Be in compliance with California court ordered child or family support obligations; and,