New Hampshire
Admission Process
- Admitting Entity
- New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
Board of Bar Examiners
- Phone Number
- 603-224-8806
- Email Address
- Admission by Exam
- Yes
- Admission by Score Transfer
- Yes
- Admission by Motion
- Yes
Education Requirements
- Application Materials
- Prelegal Education Requirements
Yes; must have completed at least 3 years work required for a bachelor’s degree in an accredited college, or have received an equivalent education.
- Legal Education Requirements
Except as provided in Rule 42(XI)(b) [Vermont Applicant], every applicant must have graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association having a three year course and requiring students to devote substantially all their working time to study, called a full-time law school, or from a law school approved by the American Bar Association having a course of not less than four school years equivalent in the number of working hours to a three year course in a full-time law school and in which students devote only part of their working time to their studies, called a part-time law school. A combination of study in full-time and part-time law schools will be accepted only if such law schools meet the above requirements, and the applicant has graduated from one of the law schools.
- 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. New Hampshire intends to first administer the NextGen bar exam in July 2028.
- 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
- 4
- Minimum Passing Bar Exam Score
- 270
- Fee(s)
$995
- Laptops Allowed/Required
- Yes
- Laptop Fee
- No information found.
- Courtesy Seating Availability
- No
Transfer Score
- Transferred Scores Accepted
- Yes
- UBE Score Required for Transfer
- Yes.
- Score Transfer Time Limit
- Yes; three years.
- Score Transfer Fee
- $995
Mpre
- Passing MPRE Score Required
- Yes
- Minimum Passing MPRE Score
- 79
- Time Limit on MPRE Score
- 15 years.
- 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 their 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 that you use to register must match exactly the first and last name on both of the IDs that you present 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 for the purposes of verifying 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
Some information on day-of testing procedures may be found here.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Restroom Rules
No public information available.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Security Measures
No public information available.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Identification Documents
No public information available.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Seating Assignment
Applicants are assigned an applicant number and a seat.