Board of Law Examiners

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

City Center East, Suite 1200 B
4700 MacCorkle Ave., SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone (800) 841-6212 OR (304) 558-7815

West Virginia Bar Examination

Application Instructions

• Read and familiarize yourself with the Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law in West Virginia.
•  Go to www.ncbex.org/ea and complete the character and fitness application. When you have completed the application form on-line, print out two originals of your completed NCBE application. Sign and have notarized the appropriate pages as required. Then make one photocopy to keep for yourself.

· Mail one original application to the NCBE with your payment either by filling in the credit card information or by paying with a check or money order.

• Submit:

a) One (1) completed and notarized original application. Please exclude the NCBE request for preparation of a character report and the NCBE fee schedule (first two pages).

b) One (1) completed Application Affidavit with original signatures of applicant and Notary Public.

c) One (1) completed Affidavit of Authorization and Release with original signatures of applicant and Notary Public.

d) If you are requesting transfer of a previous MBE score, please complete and submit the MBE Request And Release Form. Please reference the MBE Transfer Fee Schedule to determine the applicable fee to include.

e) Application Filing Fee payable to the State of West Virginia.  Please reference the Application Filing Fee Schedule to determine the applicable fee to include. Methods of payment accepted are check or money order only; the West Virginia Board of Law Examiners does not accept credit card payments.

To:

West Virginia Board of Law Examiners

City Center East, Suite 1200 B
4700 MacCorkle Ave., SE
Charleston, WV 25304

• As soon as possible after filing your application, submit the following additional items:

a) Copies of bar applications you have filed in any other jurisdictions.

b) Official transcripts from the schools that awarded your undergraduate degree and your law degree (transcripts must show that your degree has been awarded and the date it was awarded.)

c) Original credit report obtained within the last 30 days (one that you can print for free from the internet is acceptable.)

d) Original Certificates of Good Standing from the Clerk of the Supreme Court from each state where you have been admitted to practice.

e) Official score report from the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE).  A scaled score of at least 75 obtained within the timeframe specified in the Rules for Admission is required.  Note:  You must provide this report even if you specified WV as one of the reporting states when you took the exam!

f) Changes in application information must be reported promptly in writing to the West Virginia Board of Law Examiners.  Please submit using the Application Update Form.

• If you require special accommodations (e.g. extra time, special chair, large type, etc.) please complete the Special Accommodations form. Be sure to include documentation of your disability and any accommodation previously granted by your college and/or law school.  Include a letter from your treating physician confirming the need for accommodations. Your request must be postmarked no later than December 1^st preceding the February examination, and no later than May 1^st preceding the July examination.  Late requests shall not be considered by the Board.
• If you wish to type the essay portions of the bar examination using a non-memory typewriter, you must request permission to do so from the Board of Law Examiners in writing postmarked no later than December 1^st preceding the February examination, and no later than May 1^st preceding the July examination.  Late requests shall not be considered by the Board.