U.S. Attorney
Admission
All applicants seeking admission to the State Bar of Texas are expected to be
familiar with the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas.
Note: Applicants for Admission Without Examination (AWOX)
may file an application at any time. However, filing an Application for
Admission Without Examination (AWOX) during routine filing
deadlines,
especially during the October and January deadlines, may result in a slower processing time due
to the volume of applications received
during these deadlines. Therefore, it is recommended, but not required, to file
outside of the routine deadlines
since these deadlines DO NOT APPLY to applicants that are filing
for Admission Without Examination.
Relevant rules and other
information:
Your interest in becoming a member of the State
Bar of Texas is important to us. However, the Board and its staff do not provide
advisory opinions on the qualifications of prospective applicants. If a
potential applicant wishes to have a determination made regarding eligibility,
the applicant must submit an application, the accompanying documentation and
applicable filing fees. Because the processing of an application is a lengthy
and detailed process, you must complete a
General
Application and submit all required fees before a determination on any application is
made. Application fees are not refundable or transferable. Before submitting an application, all
applicants are responsible for reading the
Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas and
all application instructions.
The general requirements for admission are found in
Rule II of the Rules Governing Admission
to the Bar of Texas.
Typical requests for advisory opinions are in regard to:
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The eligibility of attorneys licensed in another state or territory of the United States for
admission without examination (“AWOX”):
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See Rules
II(a)(6),
III(a),
V and
XIII(a) and the instructions in the
General Application for
additional information
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Attorney applicants must be admitted and in good standing in another U.S. state or territory or
the District of Columbia
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Must have received their Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association (ABA)
accredited law school
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Must have been actively and substantially engaged in the
lawful practice of law in any U.S. state
or territory or the District of Columbia as their principal business or occupation for at least five
of the seven years immediately preceding the filing of their application.
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At the time of filing a Texas application and at all times during the period of practice for which
credit is sought the applicant must have a valid, active law license under which the applicant has
been entitled to engage lawfully in the practice of law in the jurisdiction that issued the license.
See Rule
I(a)(14)
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No applicant will be admitted under this rule who has failed the Texas Bar Examination, who cannot meet the character and fitness requirement or who cannot meet the
requirements of Rule
II(a)(5)
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Must have a scaled score of at least 85 on the Multistate Professional Responsibility
Examination (MPRE). See
Rule
II(a)(7) and
Rule V
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The eligibility to take the Texas Bar Examination of an attorney licensed in another U.S. state
who obtained the Juris Doctor degree from a law school that is not accredited by the American
Bar Association.
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See Rules
II(a)(4),
III(a) and
XIII(a) and the instructions in the
General Application for
additional information
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Attorney applicants must be admitted and in good standing in another U.S. state or territory or
the District of Columbia
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Must have a Juris Doctor degree which is not based on study by correspondence.
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Must have been actively and substantially engaged in the
lawful practice of law in any U.S. state
or territory or the District of Columbia as their principal business or occupation for at least three
of the five years immediately preceding the filing of their application.
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At the time of filing a Texas application and at all times during the period of practice for which
credit is sought the applicant must have a valid, active law license under which the applicant has
been entitled to engage lawfully in the practice of law in the jurisdiction that issued the license.
See Rule
I(a)(14)
-
No applicant will be admitted under this rule who fails the Texas Bar Examination, who cannot
meet the character and fitness requirement or who cannot meet the requirements of
Rule
II(a)(5)
-
Must have a scaled score of at least 85 on the Multistate Professional Responsibility
Examination (MPRE). See
Rule
II(a)(7) and
Rule V
since July 16, 2003
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