酒吧准入信息
酒吧准入信息
从法学院毕业后, in order to practice law you will need to be admitted to practice in a specific jurisdiction. This involves an extensive application process and a multiple day examination (the “Bar Exam”) administered by the particular state board of bar examiners. Upon successful completion of the admission requirements, an applicant becomes a member of the state bar and is licensed to practice law in that state.
The Bar Exam is given, in most states, every February and July. The exam format and subjects tested vary by jurisdiction. 因此, it is highly recommended that all students review the requirements of the state or states in which they would like to practice. Get details about the bar exam multistate tests, test dates, and pass rates on the National Conference of Bar Examiners 网站.
Some helpful bar exam terms and definitions:
多州律师考试(MBE) ——6小时, two-hundred question multiple-choice examination covering contracts, 侵权行为, 宪法, 刑法, 证据, real property and civil procedure (beginning in Feb. 2015).
Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) ——三小时, six-question essay examination covering agency and partnership, 商业票据, 法律冲突, 公司, 死者的遗产, 家庭法, 联邦民事诉讼, 销售, 安全的交易, 还有信托和未来权益. Some states draft their own essays in addition to, or instead of, the MEE. Students are required to answer based on state specific laws.
多状态性能测试(MPT) – three 90-minute skills questions covering legal analysis, 事实分析, 解决问题, 解决伦理困境, organization and management of a lawyering task, 和沟通.
统一律师资格考试 (宇部) – Nebraska’s accepted test as of the February 2013 test date. The UBE is prepared and coordinated by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) to test knowledge and skills that every lawyer should be able to demonstrate prior to becoming licensed to practice law. It is composed of the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), two 多状态性能测试(MPT) tasks, and the 多州律师考试(MBE). 它是统一管理的, 分级, and scored by user jurisdictions and results in a portable score. States adopting the UBE will easily accept score transfers from other UBE states. For a list of all states that have adopted the UBE, visit the 应试的网站.
Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) – a sixty question, two-hour, multiple-choice examination administered three times each year. The MPRE is required for admission in all but four US jurisdictions: WI, WA, MD and Puerto Rico. With its adoption of the UBE in July 2013, WA will start requiring the MPRE. It is a separate examination from the Bar Exam administered by the NCBE. 3Ls should plan to take the MPRE no later than the November test date. The registration deadline for the November MPRE is typically mid-September. Registration information is available on the National Conference of Bar Examiners 网站.
Law Student Registration Requirements
Some states provide reduced registration fees for students who register early to take the bar in their state, in some cases within the first few months of starting law school. Please check your individual state requirements.
The following states encourage or require law students to register at the beginning of their first or second year of law school to sit for the bar examination. The states and their requirements follow:
- 阿拉巴马州: Within 60 days of starting law school.
- 加州: Within 90 days of starting law school.
- 佛罗里达: Law students are encouraged, but not required, to register in the first year of law school.
- 伊利诺斯州: By the first day of March following applicant’s commencement of law school (first day of July for spring semester matriculants).
- 爱荷华州: By January 15 of the year the student commences the study of law in an accredited law school.
- 密西西比州: By October 1 of applicant’s second year of law school.
- 北达科他州: Law students must file a registration application by October 1 of the second year of law school, or 14 months after the first day of the first year of law school.
- 俄亥俄州: By November 15 of the applicant’s second year of law school.
- 俄克拉何马州: By October 15 of the year following the year in which law study was commenced.
