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» Rules Governing Admission to the Alabama State Bar
Application Filing Instructions
"Effective October 15, 2009, 1st Time Bar Examination Applicants and Reciprocity Applicants are required to pay the bar application fees and complete the application electronically.”
(If you wish to preview or print a blank copy of the application, you must go to www.ncbex.org/ea/)
Bar Examination Fees
RULE III – RECIPROCITY |
$1300 |
→The applicant is licensed in a state which has Reciprocity with Alabama (Rule III, Rules Governing Admission). |
NON-RESIDENT OF ALABAMA OR a RESIDENT who has submitted an application to another jurisdiction. |
$750
|
→ The applicant has been admitted, filed an application, or registered as a student in another jurisdiction. |
FOREIGN-EDUCATION OR FOREIGN-LICENSED ATTORNEY |
$1075
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→ Applicant's first law degree was not obtained in the U.S., whether or not a subsequent U.S. law degree was conferred; OR |
FIRST TIME BAR APPLICANT AND a RESIDENT OF ALABAMA |
$475
|
→The applicant has not been admitted, filed a prior application, or registered as a student in another jurisdiction. |
» 1st Time Bar Examination Applications, Non-Residents, foreign Educated Applicants
» Reciprocity Application Checklist and Filing Instructions
» Law Student Registration Applications
Contact Information for Fingerprint card requests and any other questions:
Admissions Office of the Alabama State Bar P.O. Box 671, Montgomery, AL 36101, 334 269-1515 or e-mail admit@alabar.org
» Additional Bar Examination Application Forms
AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL NEWLY-ADMITTED LAWYERS
Attorneys are required to strive to make the system of justice work fairly and efficiently. In carrying out that responsibility, attorneys are expected to comply with the letter and spirit of the applicable Rules of Professional Conduct as adopted by the Alabama Supreme Court. As the Alabama State Bar membership increases, it becomes more important to articulate our ideals of professionalism and to emulate such ideals by deed. The ASB is committed to reinforcing and communicating the ideals of lawyer professionalism among our members.
Therefore, we believe it is important for all lawyers to read and adhere to the following:
In April 1992, the Alabama State Bar’s Board of Bar Commissioners adopted the Code of Professional Courtesy, and the Alabama State Bar Lawyer’s Creed to guide all lawyers in their comportment and treatment of fellow lawyers and the judiciary. The Code has since been incorporated into the Pledge of Professionalism and is intended as a guideline for lawyers in their dealings with their clients, opposing parties and their counsel, the courts and the general public. This Pledge is intended to serve as the ASB’s statement of principles and goals for professionalism among lawyers. We encourage all members of the Bar to publicly affirm and certify their personal commitment to the highest ideals of professionalism and civility in the profession by signing the Pledge. We also believe the Code of Pretrial and Trial Conduct published by the American College of Trial Lawyers is worthy of note because it represents an important part of the execution of the College’s mandate to improve and elevate standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession.
Lawyers who are willing to meet the challenges of practicing law by incorporating the ideals of professionalism will earn for themselves the highest respect within their profession.
