Georgia
Admission Process
- Admitting Entity
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
- Phone Number
- 404-656-3490
- Email Address
- Admission by Exam
- Yes
- Admission by Score Transfer
- No
- Admission by Motion
- Yes, for certain jurisdictions
- Diploma Privilege
No
Education Requirements
- Application Materials
- Prelegal Education Requirements
No
- Legal Education Requirements
Except for lawyers with an approved LLM, applicants must have a JD from an ABA-approved law school.
- Mandatory Law Student Bar Card Registration in Jurisdiction
- No, but encouraged to file the fitness application in advance.
- Mandatory Student Registration Requirements (if applicable)
Must file an Application for Certification of Fitness and a Bar Exam Application.
- Mandatory Student Registration Fee (if applicable)
- $450 for fitness application if filed before graduation, bar exam application fee is $400 if filed by a current law student. NCBE fee is $107.
Bar Exam
- Universal Bar Exam
- No; however, Georgia intends to first administer the NextGen bar exam in July 2028.
- Jurisdiction-Specific Component
- N/A
- Multistate Bar Exam
- Yes
- Multistate Essay Exam
- No
- Jurisdiction-Drafted Exam
- Yes
- Multistate Performance Test
- Yes
- Attempt Limit on Bar Exam
- No limit
- Minimum Passing Bar Exam Score
- 270
- Fee(s)
$450 for fitness application filed before graduation, $400 if filed by a current law student. NCBE fee is $107.
- Laptops Allowed/Required
- Allowed if registered by the deadline.
- Laptop Fee
- None
- Courtesy Seating Availability
- Unable to verify
Transfer Score
- Transferred Scores Accepted
- No
- UBE Score Required for Transfer
- N/A
- Score Transfer Time Limit
- N/A
- Score Transfer Fee
- N/A
Mpre
- Passing MPRE Score Required
- Yes
- Minimum Passing MPRE Score
- 75
- Time Limit on MPRE Score
- No, but certificate of eligibility will not issue without passing MPRE score.
- MPRE Fee
- $160
- MPRE Application Name and Gender Identification Requirements
The MPRE application requires the first and last name to match exactly as listed on valid government-issued photo identification. If the applicant indicates they have been known by a different name, they must list the first name and last name or surname and does not have the option to explain the reason for the name change. The demographic information section asks, “[w]which of the following questions best represents your gender identity?” and provides the following options: “man,” “woman,” “non-binary,” “gender not listed here (please specify),” and “I prefer not to have my response used for research purposes.”
- MPRE Testing Day Procedures
An applicant testing at a Pearson VUE testing center must present a government-issued primary ID and a secondary ID. The primary ID must include a first and last name, recent recognizable photo, and signature. The secondary ID must include at least a first and last name and signature or first and last name and recent recognizable photo. The first and last name used to register must match exactly both IDs presented on test day. Any name corrections must be submitted through the NCBE Account Dashboard at least 48 hours before the first day of the test administration. Before entering the test room, Pearson VUE will collect a digital photograph and digital signature to verify identity. The applicant must consent to the NCBE Candidate Rules Agreement, which in part requires that if the applicant uses the restroom during testing, they must use “the restroom that is closest to the testing room” and pat themselves down (arms, legs, waistline) when leaving and re-entering the testing room. Applicants must also pat themselves down before entering the test room for the first time.
Testing Day Procedures
- Bar Exam Testing Day Procedures
Limited information is available.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Restroom Rules
No rules specified
- Bar Exam Testing Day Security Measures
No measures specified. Applicants must use transparent bag with personal items, such as wallet, cash, credit card, parking claim ticket, keys, personal hygiene items (including feminine hygiene items), and medications.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Identification Documents
You must place an official photo ID (driver’s license, passport, or other government-issued photo ID) on your table during each exam session. The name on the ID must match the name on your application.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Seating Assignment
All seats are preassigned with a name card at each seat.