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 by Reciprocity Instructions

• Read and familiarize yourself with the Rules for Admission to the Practice of Law in West Virginia.
• Verify Reciprocity Jurisdiction.
•  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.

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) Application Filing Fee payable to the State of West Virginia.  Please reference the Application Filing Fee Schedule to determine the applicable fee to include.

e) One (1) completed Affidavit of Active Practice. 

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.

g) Submit Affidavits of Practitioner evidencing your good character from two attorneys from the jurisdiction where you last engaged in practice. 

h) Submit a Certificate of Presiding Judge from one of the trial courts of record in your former home city or county.