City Center East,
Suite 1200 B
4700 MacCorkle Ave., SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone (800) 841-6212 OR (304) 558-7815
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Please follow the
links below for instructions in preparing your application.
Instructions
for applicants applying to take the West Virginia Bar Examination.
Instructions for
applicants applying for Reciprocity
Instructions
for applicants applying for Limited Permission
Instructions
for applicants applying as Resident Professors of Law
Bar Examination Time Frames
Application Packet
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Bar
Examination Time Frames
There are two bar
examinations held annually. Examinations
are held on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July of each
year.
Priority deadline for
the February bar examination is November 1 of the previous year. Late applications postmarked between November
2 and December 1 must include a $150 late fee.
Applications postmarked after December 1 will not be accepted.
Priority deadline for
the July bar examination is April 1 of the current year. Late applications postmarked between April 2
and May 1 must include a $150 late fee.
Applications postmarked after May 1 will not be accepted.
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Application
Packet
An on line
application is available at www.ncbex.org/ea, additional
required documents are available through the links above, or you may obtain an application
packet for admission to the practice of law, by mailing your written request,
with your name, the address where the packet is to be mailed, and a $40.00
check made payable to "The State of West Virginia," to:
Bar
Admissions Office
West Virginia Board of Law Examiners
City Center East,
Suite 1200 B
4700 MacCorkle Ave., SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Telephone
(304) 558-7815 or 1-800-841-6212
Facsimile (304) 558-0831
e-mail: nancygreen@courtswv.org