Law Student Supplemental Instructions

Please note, that you will need to create a website account.

(Print this page as a checklist)

If you registered as a law student, and you are now preparing to sit for the written bar examination:

  1. Create a new account   (Follow instructions if you have forgotten your user name and password).
  2. Submit the on-line Bar Examination Application form.
  3. Download and print Bar Examination Application form, Authorization and Release Form and Dean Certification form.
  4. Sign and notarize, where applicable, these forms.
  5. Complete the top portion of the Dean Certification form and mail it directly to your law school.
  6. Mail the Bar Examination Application form and notarized Authorization and Release form and $550 application fee to the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions.  The application period for the February examination is September 1 to November 1.  The application period for the July examination is December 1 to February 1.  The application must be received (not postmarked) by the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions on or before February 1 for the July Bar Examination and on or before November 1 for the February Bar Examination.
  7. Late applications (received no later than January 15 for the February Bar Examination and June 30 for the July Bar Examination) must include a late fee of $750 payable to the Committee on Bar Admissions in addition to the application fee.
  8. Go to http://www.ncbex.org/ea/ and, following the instructions provided, submit a Request for Preparation of a Character Report (Fee Category 5:  Supplemental Report) to

    National Conference of Bar Examiners
    302 South Bedford Street
    Madison, WI 53703-3622

    The application period for the February examination is September 1 to November 1.  The application period for the July examination is December 1 to February 1.  The Request for Preparation of a Character Report must be received (not postmarked) by the NCBE on or before February 1 for the July Bar Examination and on or before November 1 for the February Bar Examination. Late applications (received no later than January 15 for the February Bar Examination and June 30 for the July Bar Examination) will be assessed the $750 late fee by the Committee on Bar Admissions.

    For instructions for a Supplemental NCBE Request for Preparation of Character Report, click here.

  9. If you have not already done so, contact the MPRE Records Department at (319) 337-1304 or at mpre.score@act.org to release your score to Louisiana.