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

Limited Permission 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 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.

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.

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)      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.

f)       Submit a certificate of any court of last resort certifying that the attorney is a member in good standing at the bar of that court.

g)      Submit a statement signed by a representative of the law school that the attorney is enrolled in the graduate program specified in Rule 9.0;

OR

A statement signed by a representative of the organized legal services or public defender program specified in Rule 9.0 that the attorney is currently associated with such program.

  • If you are also applying to take the bar examination, please reference the instructions for same.