Puerto Rico
Admission Process
- Admitting Entity
- Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico: Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico)
- Entity Managing Admissions Process
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and its Board of Bar Examiners
- Phone Number
- 787-289-0170
- Email Address
- Admission by Exam
- Yes
- Admission by Score Transfer
- No
- Admission by Motion
- No
- Diploma Privilege
No
Education Requirements
- Application Materials
- Prelegal Education Requirements
Yes, must have a bachelor’s degree from institutions in the United States or Puerto Rico or, in all other cases, must have passed an equivalent university study program, which meets the standards established by the Council of Higher Education or which has the approval of the Court with respect to the minimum preparation required to be admitted to a Law School in Puerto Rico.
- Legal Education Requirements
Must have received a law degree and a law degree from an ABA- or Court-approved law school.
- 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
- No
- Jurisdiction-Specific Component
- N/A
- Multistate Bar Exam
- No
- Multistate Essay Exam
- No
- Jurisdiction-Drafted Exam
- Yes
- Multistate Performance Test
- No
- Attempt Limit on Bar Exam
- 6
- Minimum Passing Bar Exam Score
- 596 points out of 1,000
- Fee(s)
250
- Laptops Allowed/Required
- Allowed, must fill out form ("Formulario 57-J/Form 57-J")
- Laptop Fee
- No
- Courtesy Seating Availability
- No
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
- No
- Minimum Passing MPRE Score
- N/A
- Time Limit on MPRE Score
- N/A
- MPRE Fee
- N/A
- MPRE Application Name and Gender Identification Requirements
N/A
- MPRE Testing Day Procedures
N/A
Testing Day Procedures
- Bar Exam Testing Day Procedures
Yes see: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico – Testing Day Manual (in Spanish)
- Bar Exam Testing Day Restroom Rules
Applicant may use restroom or drink water, must raise hand and turn answer sheet upside down/screen saver on computer, once allowed by administrator.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Security Measures
Info not available online.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Identification Documents
Applicant’s will receive a letter allowing them to take the exam, they must bring the letter and a photo ID with signature.
- Bar Exam Testing Day Seating Assignment
Applicants are provided with a seat number prior to exam. The seat number is also the applicant’s ID number for the test.