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Committee on Admissions
- The Committee on Admissions reviews all applications for admission to the District of Columbia Bar. See D.C. App. Rule 46. The Committee receives more than 3,500 applications per year, conducts extensive character and fitness investigations including informal meetings and formal hearings, and files recommendations with the court regarding applications or petitions.
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- February 2014 Bar Examination Results. Click here for more information.
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Application for Admission by Examination
- Before you begin the electronic application, you must read and print the District of Columbia specific Instructions and Forms.
- Also, please note that the Committee on Admissions uses the electronic application developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Clicking on the link below will redirect you to the NCBE's website where you will be required to create a user account to gain access to the electronic application.
Application for Admission by Examination
- Information booklets, which include practice questions and other study materials, for the MEE, MPT, and MBE are available from the NCBE's website.
MEE, MPT, and MBE Information Booklets
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Application for Admission by Motion (Without Examination)
- Before you begin the electronic application, you must read and print the District of Columbia specific Instructions and Forms.
- Also, please note that the Committee on Admissions uses the electronic application developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Clicking on the link below will redirect you to the NCBE's website where you will be required to create a user account to gain access to the electronic application.
Application for Admission by Motion (Without Examination)
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Application for Special Legal Consultant
- Before you begin the electronic application, you must read and print the District of Columbia specific Instructions and Forms.
- Also, please note that the Committee on Admissions uses the electronic application developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Clicking on the link below will redirect you to the NCBE's website where you will be required to create a user account to gain access to the electronic application.
Application for Special Legal Consultant
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Forms for Bar Admissions
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Forms for Bar Admissions 2
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D.C. App. Rule 46(b) & Rule 46(c)
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Committee on Admissions Additional Information
Additional Information
Legal Assistance by Law Students - Rule 48
- Time of Notice and Publication of Bar Examination Results
- The District of Columbia Bar Examination is administered twice per year. Applicants who sit for the February bar examination will typically be notified in writing of the results of their examination by mid-May. Applicants who sit for the July bar examination will typically be notified in writing of the results of their examination by mid-November. An alphabetical list of the successful applicants shall be published with the request that any information tending to affect the eligibility of an applicant on moral grounds be furnished to the Committee. The first publication shall be at least 30 days before the Committee reports to the court. This list will be posted in the office of the Clerk on the second floor of the Historic Courthouse. The list will also be posted on this website as well as the D.C. Bar's website.
- An unsuccessful applicant will receive notification which shall contain the applicant's score for each essay question, the scaled essay score, the MBE scaled score, and the combined score. An unsuccessful applicant who intends to petition for regrading of his or her essay answers, shall request to review the examination. Upon filing a request to review the examination, the applicant will have an opportunity to review his or her essay answers, the essay questions, and model essay answers. The Director shall advise the unsuccessful applicant of the date, time and place at which the essay papers may be reviewed. The review period will not exceed three hours. For more detailed information on the examination and post-examination review, see D.C. App. Rule 46(b).
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- Committee Members
Chair
Claudia A. Withers
Vice Chair
Nathan A. Neal
Members
Stephen R. Henley
Thomas E. Shakow
Adrian L. Steel Jr.
Robert L. Weinberg
Counsel
Alan H. Kent
Director, Committee on Admissions and the Unauthorized Practice of Law
Derek W. Mitchell