Bar Exam

Bar Exam

Becoming a licensed attorney requires a number of important steps – some completed during and some after law school. Touro Law Center offers courses, mentoring, and other programming to help our graduates pass the bar exam.

Current students and recent graduates: Access extensive resources and valuable information on our Becoming A Lawyer, Canvas Resource Center.

Becoming a NY Lawyer
Becoming licensed to practice law in New York requires passage of the bar exam as well as a number of other requirements: see BOLE- OFFICIAL PAGE NEW YORK STATE BAR EXAMINATION (nybarexam.org).
New York and nearly 40 other states as well as the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands employ as their bar exam the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). The UBE is a two-day exam covering a range of law school course topics in three testing formats: essays, multiple-choice questions, and performance tests which are practical lawyering exams.

Becoming a Lawyer in Other States
Learn about bar admissions requirements all across the United States at NCBE Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements (ncbex.org). One great advantage of the UBE is that scores may be portable between different states. The following chart shows what scores are required in various different locations: Chart 5: Uniform Bar Examination Jurisdictions—Admission by Examination or by Transferred UBE Score – NCBE Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements (ncbex.org).