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here for Public Notice Information for the MN Board of Law Examiner’s Legal
Education Committee
The Board of Law Examiners
Located at:
180 E. 5th Street, Suite 950
St. Paul, MN 55101
651 297-1800 If you are visiting the Board of Law Examiners' office, you must use the
elevators on the 4th Street or south side of the building.
You cannot get to the Board office from the elevators on the 5th Street
or north side of the building.
Click here for directions to the office of the Board of Law Examiners
APPLICATION FEES
Click to view MPRE Score
Minnesota requires that you obtain a scaled score of 85 or higher on the
Multistate Professional Responsibility Examiniation.
House Counsel Must Be Licensed in Minnesota
Next Public Meeting of the Board of Law
Examiners INTRODUCTION
The Minnesota Board of Law Examiners ("Board") licenses attorneys to the
practice of law in Minnesota. - conducts a background investigation
on every applicant to the Minnesota bar;
- administers a bar examination every
February and July; and
- accepts applications of attorneys with five years
of practice experience in other states.
BAR
EXAMINATION The Minnesota Bar Examination: -
Is administered on the last Tuesday and Wednesday in February and July.
- Only
ABA-accredited law school graduates are eligible to sit.
- Timely
application filing deadline is October 15 (February exam) and March 15 (July
exam).
- Timely filing fee for non-attorneys is $500.00.
- Timely application filing fee for attorneys sitting for the Minnesota exam who
were admitted in another state for more than six months is $950.
- Late filing
fees (on or before December 1 for the February exam, or May 1 for the July exam)
are $150: Total fee for late filers is $650 ($1100 for attorneys)
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Repeaters (if you have taken the Minnesota bar exam before) do not pay the late
filing fee.
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