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Idaho State Bar Admissions Application

***On December 28, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court entered an Order amending the Idaho Bar Commission Rules governing admission to practice law in Idaho. The amendments are effective March 1, 2024. The amendments eliminate the reciprocity requirement under current Idaho Bar Commission Rule 206 and provide that any attorney from any state who has been substantially engaged in the Active Practice of Law for at least three of the previous five years may be admitted to the practice of law in Idaho without having to take the Idaho bar examination. The amendments further provide that work as a judicial law clerk qualifies as the Active Practice of Law for the purposes of qualifying for admission without examination, provided such work was performed after admission to practice and as a licensed, active member of the jurisdiction in which the work was performed. You can find the Court’s Order HERE.***

The Idaho State Bar uses an online application form that enables you to apply to take the Idaho Bar Exam, to transfer your Uniform Bar Examination (“UBE”) score to Idaho, as an Experienced Attorney Applicant (i.e., admission without examination based on practice experience), or for an Idaho House Counsel license.

We recommend that you draft and save your responses to the online application questions in another program, such as Microsoft Word, then copy and paste that information into the online application form. This process will ensure that your work has been saved in the event of a problem with the submission of your online application.

We also recommend that you do not keep a draft application saved for more than 7 days. In order to avoid any technical problems with your submission, it is best to open the online application, complete it and submit it within 7 days.

Includes information for completing the Application. Please review these instructions before completing the Application.

Please review the entire Application before proceeding to enter your information.

Request a Fingerprint Card, complete all information, and return the card to the Idaho State Bar

Complete form and upload in online Application.

Complete form(s) and upload in online Application.

Complete form and upload in online Application.

Complete form and upload in online Application.

Bar Exam Applicants Only. Complete the online form.**

Bar Exam Applicants Only. Complete the online form.

**Idaho authorizes applicants to use a laptop computer for the essay portion of the Bar Exam. The fee to do so is $125 to cover software licensing and administrative costs. For more information about Examplify, including minimum system requirements, go to https://www.examsoft.com/IDbar.

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