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Bar Examinations

Arizona

The Arizona Bar examination is given twice a year during the months of February and July. Students planning to take the examination in February must register between August 15 and November 30.  Students planning to take the July examination must register between January 15 and April 30.  You may order your application from: Committee on Character and Fitness Committee on Examination Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts, 1501 West Washington, Suite 104 Phoenix, AZ 85007-3231   Phone: (602) 452-3971.  *There is a $20.00 fee for this application. You may download the application for free from the website.  Please note:   these dates are subject to change.  Please review the Supreme Courts' website: www.supreme.state.az.us/admis/

 

Applicant Requirements and Qualifications.  On the basis of an application for admission properly and timely filed, with all required supporting documents and fees, the applicant will be certified to sit for the bar examination.

  • No applicant for admission to the state bar shall be recommended for admission by the Committee on Character and Fitness unless the Committee is satisfied:
    • That the applicant is or at the time of the examination will be over the age of twenty-one years;
    • That applicant is of good moral character;
    • That applicant is mentally, emotionally and physically able to engage in the practice of law;
    • That applicant is a graduate with a juris doctor or bachelor of laws and letters degree of a law school provisionally or fully approved by the American Bar Association at the time of graduation; provided that this requirement shall not apply to an applicant who has been actively engaged in the practice of law in some other state or states for at least five of the last seven years prior to filing an application for admission to practice in Arizona; and
    • That, if ever admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction, foreign or domestic, applicant is presently in good standing, or that applicant resigned in good standing or is capable of achieving good standing status in that jurisdiction.

The Arizona Supreme Court's Admissions Unit states that: "It is your responsibility to ensure that you are applying for admission on the basis of the most current rules." www.supreme.state.az.us/admis/admissionrules.htm

 

The Arizona Bar currently tests on the following subjects: Constitutional Law, Contracts/Sales, Criminal Law/Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, Torts, Arizona Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Community Property, Corporations, Partnerships and Other Business Organizations, Professional Responsibility, Wills, Trusts, and UCC (Articles 2,3,6, & 9).

 

Essay examination questions at each examination will be upon some, but not necessarily all, of the following subject matter areas:  contracts (including the Uniform Commercial Code except Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8), torts; criminal law; constitutional aspects of criminal procedure, corporations, partnerships, and other business organizations; trusts; wills; professional responsibilities; civil procedure (Arizona and federal); constitutional law (Arizona and federal); evidence; real property; and community property.

 

In addition to those subjects listed above, applicants may be tested on any subject matter listed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners as areas of law to be tested on the Multistate Bar Examination.

 

For more information on the Arizona Bar, you may access their website at:     www.supreme.state.az.us/admis/ .    Similarly, information about the admission requirements for other state bars will be found on their websites.

 

 

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Updated: 08/11/2010