Arizona
Admission Process
- Admitting Entity
- Arizona Supreme Court
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
Arizona Supreme Court Committees on Examinations and Character & Fitness
- Phone Number
- 602-452-3971
- 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
No
- Legal Education Requirements
Applicant must be a graduate with a JD from a law school that was provisionally or fully approved by the American Bar Association at the time of graduation; or be a graduate with a JD and have been actively engaged in the authorized practice of law in one or more states, territories, or the District of Columbia for at least three of the last five years prior to filing an application for admission.
- Mandatory Law Student Bar Card Registration in Jurisdiction
- No
- Mandatory Student Registration Requirements (if applicable)
N/A
- Mandatory Student Registration Fee (if applicable)
- N/A
Bar Exam
- Universal Bar Exam
- Yes. Arizona intends to first administer the NextGen bar exam in July 2027.
- Jurisdiction-Specific Component
- Yes
- Multistate Bar Exam
- Yes
- Multistate Essay Exam
- Yes
- Jurisdiction-Drafted Exam
- No
- Multistate Performance Test
- Yes
- Attempt Limit on Bar Exam
- 6
- Minimum Passing Bar Exam Score
- 270
- Fee(s)
$680-$880, depending on when application is submitted (plus $400 character report fee and $185 administrative fee); $875 to apply for transfer; $2,000 for admission by motion
- Laptops Allowed/Required
- Allowed; uses a third-party software vendor for the essay portion of the examination; payment for the software is paid directly to the vendor during laptop registration
- Laptop Fee
- $125
- Courtesy Seating Availability
- Yes
Transfer Score
- Transferred Scores Accepted
- Yes
- UBE Score Required for Transfer
- Yes
- Score Transfer Time Limit
- 5 years
- Score Transfer Fee
- $875
Mpre
- Passing MPRE Score Required
- Yes
- Minimum Passing MPRE Score
- 85
- Time Limit on MPRE Score
- Within 8 years before successful examination or within 5 years after successful examination or after a UBE in which the applicant earned the minimum passing score required by Arizona.
- 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
Applicants must bring an Admission Ticket and a valid government issued photo identification card. Applicants can only bring permitted items in a clear, plastic gallon size or smaller bag.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Restroom Rules
Applicants must not gather in restrooms or in any areas adjacent to the examination rooms while the examination is in progress; examinees are permitted access to water, medication, and restrooms during testing.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Security Measures
Information not available.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Identification Documents
Applicants must bring a current, valid government issued photo identification card to the bar examination. The identification must be presented to staff to obtain an exam badge, which is required for admission to the examination room.
Other information regarding what name is required to be on the ID is not available
- Bar Exam Testing Day Seating Assignment
Information not available.