Oklahoma
Admission Process
- Admitting Entity
- Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners
- Phone Number
- 405-416-7075
- Email Address
- Admission by Exam
- Yes
- Admission by Score Transfer
- Yes
- Admission by Motion
- Yes
- Diploma Privilege
No
Education Requirements
- Application Materials
- Prelegal Education Requirements
Yes, must have Bachelor of Arts or Science degree (with a minimum of 120 college hours, at least 90 hours representing resident study) from a college whose credit hours are transferable to the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University or University of Tulsa
- Legal Education Requirements
Must have a JD from an ABA-accredited law school in the United States. A person who school loses accreditation shall be deemed a graduate of an accredited law school.
- Mandatory Law Student Bar Card Registration in Jurisdiction
- Yes, by October 15 in the student’s second year of law school.
- Mandatory Student Registration Requirements (if applicable)
(a) Certificate of graduation with a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree from a college whose credit hours are transferable to the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University or University of Tulsa with transcript attached of undergraduate college work;
(b) Fingerprints submitted to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(c) Recent photograph.
(d) NCBE Student Application Report for Character and Fitness.- Mandatory Student Registration Fee (if applicable)
- Regular: $125; Nunc Pro Tunc: $500
Bar Exam
- Universal Bar Exam
- Yes. Oklahoma intends to first administer the NextGen bar exam in July 2027.
- Jurisdiction-Specific Component
- No
- Multistate Bar Exam
- Yes
- Multistate Essay Exam
- Yes
- Jurisdiction-Drafted Exam
- No
- Multistate Performance Test
- Yes
- Attempt Limit on Bar Exam
- 5, with ability to request a one-time waiver
- Minimum Passing Bar Exam Score
- 260
- Fee(s)
$650-800 for registered law student depending on timing; $1,250-$1,400 depending on application timing; $1,250 for UBE exam transfer applicant; $2,000 for admission by motion
- Laptops Allowed/Required
- Allowed
- Laptop Fee
- $125
- Courtesy Seating Availability
- No
Transfer Score
- Transferred Scores Accepted
- Yes
- UBE Score Required for Transfer
- Yes
- Score Transfer Time Limit
- 3 years
- Score Transfer Fee
- $1,250 for UBE exam transfer applicant
Mpre
- Passing MPRE Score Required
- Yes
- Minimum Passing MPRE Score
- 80
- Time Limit on MPRE Score
- No
- 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
Information not available online. Applicants receive additional information when informed about eligibility to sit for the exam.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Restroom Rules
N/A
- Bar Exam Testing Day Security Measures
N/A
- Bar Exam Testing Day Identification Documents
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- Bar Exam Testing Day Seating Assignment
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