To get information about bar admission requirements or to apply for admission to the bar, please contact the appropriate jurisdiction below, or visit the National Conference of Bar Examiners website.
Alabama
Alabama State Bar
415 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 269-1515
Alaska
Alaska Bar Association
P.O. Box 100279
Anchorage, AK 99510-0279
(907) 272-7469
Arizona
Supreme Court of Arizona
1501 W. Washington, Suite 104
Phoenix, AZ 85007-3231
(602) 452-3971
Arkansas
Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners
625 Marshall
120 Justice Building
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 374-1855
California
Office of Admissions
State Bar of California
1149 South Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 765-1000
Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court
Board of Law Examiners
1560 Broadway, Suite 1820
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 866-6626
Connecticut
Connecticut Bar Examining Committee
100 Washington St.
Hartford, CT 06106-4411
(860) 756-7901
Delaware
Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Carvel State Office Building
820 North French St., 11th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801-3545
(302) 577-7038
District of Columbia
Committee on Admissions
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
430 E St. NW, Room 123
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 879-2710
Florida
Board of Bar Examiners
1891 Eider Court
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1750
(850) 487-1292
Georgia
Office of Bar Admissions
244 Washington St., SW, Suite 440
Atlanta, GA 30334
(404) 656-3490
Guam
Supreme Court of Guam
Suite 300 Guam Judicial Center.
120 West O’Brien Drive
Hagåtña, GU 96910-5174
(671) 475-3180
Hawaii
Board of Bar Examiners
Ali’iolani Hale, 1st Floor
417 South King St.
Honolulu, HI 96813-2902
(808) 539-4919
Idaho
Idaho State Bar
P.O. Box 895
Boise, ID 83701
(208) 334-4500
Illinois
Board of Admissions to the Bar
625 South College Street
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 522-5917
Indiana
Indiana State Board of Law Examiners
30 South Meridian St., Suite 875
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-2552
Iowa
Office of Professional Regulation
Iowa Judicial Branch Building
1111 East Court Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 725-8029
Kansas
Attorney Admissions
Kansas Judicial Center
301 SW 10th Avenue, Rm. 374
Topeka, KS 66612-1507
(785) 296-8410
Kentucky
Board of Bar Examiners
1510 Newtown Pike, Ste. 156
Lexington, KY 40511-1255
(859) 246-2381
Louisiana
Louisiana State Bar Association
601 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130-3404
(800) 421-5722
(504) 566-1600
Maine
The Maine Board of Bar Examiners
P.O. Box 140
Augusta, ME 04332-0140
(207) 623-2464
Maryland
State Board of Law Examiners
2011 Commerce Park Drive
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-3640
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners
Suffolk County Courthouse
3 Pemberton Square
7th Floor, Rm. 707
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 482-4466
Michigan
State Board of Law Examiners
P.O. Box 30104
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-4453
Minnesota
Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
180 E. 5th Street, Suite 950
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 297-1857
Mississippi
Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions
P.O. Box 1449
Jackson, MS 39215-1449
(601) 576-4620
Missouri
Board of Law Examiners
P.O. Box 104236
(573) 751-9814
Montana
State Bar of Montana
7 W. 6th Avenue, Suite 2B
P.O. Box 577
Helena, MT 59624
(406) 442-7660
Nebraska
State Bar Commission
635 South 14th Street
P.O. Box 81809
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 475-7091
Nevada
State Bar of Nevada
600 E. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89104
(702) 382-2200
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Bar Association
2 Pillsbury Street, Suite 300
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-6942
New Jersey
Board of Bar Examiners
P.O. Box 973
Trenton, NJ 08625-0973
(609) 984-2111
New Mexico
Board of Bar Examiners
9420 Indian School Rd. N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87112
(505) 271-9706
New York
New York State Board of Law Examiners
Corporate Plaza Building 3
254 Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, NY 12203-5195
(518) 453-5990
North Carolina
Board of Law Examiners
of the State of North Carolina
P.O. Box 2946
Raleigh, NC 27602
(919) 828-4886
North Dakota
Board of Bar Examiners
Judicial Wing, 1st Fl.
600 E. Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0530
(701) 328-4201
Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Supreme Court
Gumá Hustisia-Iimwal Aweéwe-House of Justice
P. O. Box 502165
Saipan, MP 96950
011 (670) 236-9800
Ohio
Board of Bar Examiners
Supreme Court of Ohio
65 South Front Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3431
(614) 387-9340
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Bar Association
P.O. Box 53036
1901 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3036
(405) 416-7075
Oregon
Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
P.O. Box 231935
Tigard, OR 97284-1935
(503) 620-0222
Palau
Palau Bar Association
P.O. Box 248
Koror, PW 96940
(680) 488-2607
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners
5070A Ritter Rd., Ste. 300
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-4879
(717) 795-7270
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Board of Bar Examiners
P.O. Box 902-2392
San Juan, PR 00902-2392
(787) 289-0170
Rhode Island
Clerk of the Supreme Court
250 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-4233
South Carolina
Office of Bar Admissions
Supreme Court of South Carolina
P.O. Box 11330
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 734-1080
South Dakota
Board of Bar Examiners
State Capitol
500 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-1037
(605) 773-4898
Tennessee
Board of Law Examiners
401 Church St., Suite 2200
Nashville, TN 37243-0740
(615) 741-3234
Texas
Texas Board of Law Examiners
205 W. 14th St., Ste. 500
P.O. Box 13486
Austin, TX 78711-3486
(512) 463-1621
Utah
Utah State Bar
645 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3834
(801) 531-9077
Vermont
Board of Bar Examiners
2418 Airport Rd., Suite 2
Barre, VT 05641
(802) 828-3281
Virgin Islands
Committee of Bar Examiners
P.O. Box 590
St, Thomas, VI 00804
(340) 774-5480
Virginia
Virginia Board of Bar Examiners
2201 W. Broad Street, Suite 101
Richmond, VA 23220-2022
(804) 367-0412
Washington
Washington State Bar Association
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98101-2539
(206) 443-9722
(800) 945-9722
West Virginia
Board of Law Examiners
910 Quarrier Street, Suite 212
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-7815
(800) 841-6212
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners
Tenney Building
110 East Main St., Suite 715
P.O. Box 2748
Madison, WI 53701-2748
(608) 266-9760
Wyoming
State Board of Law Examiners
4124 Laramie Street
P.O. Box 109
Cheyenne, WY 82003
(307) 632-9061