All application fees for the Louisiana Bar Examination must accompany the proper form of application. All fees may be paid by Personal Check, Cashier's Check, or Money Order ONLY. Fees should be made payable to "Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions". See the Rules for more detailed information.
The Exam Application Fee is $550.00 for both original or re-examination applications. Because application forms are periodically revised, applicants are encouraged to wait to submit their applications and fees until three months prior to the applicable filing deadline.
Applications for the February and July bar examinations may be submitted to the Committee after the original filing deadline, see filing dates. Any application filed after the original filing deadlines of November 1st for the February examination or February 1st for the July examination will incur an additional late filing fee. Any application filed after these dates will incur an additional late filing fee of $750.00. The late filing fee is in addition to the application fees and NCBE Character and Fitness fees.
Any applicant applying for either the February or July examinations, who was enrolled in one of the ABA accredited law schools located in Louisiana, but did not participate in the law student registration program during the fall semester of the second academic year of law school will incur a late law student registration fee of $200.00.
| Status | Fee |
|---|---|
Category I – Law Student Registration - Students regularly enrolled in the J.D. program of an approved law school. Completed Applicant's Character and Fitness Questionnaire must be received in this office within 15 consecutive calendar months of first matriculation in an approved law school. |
$150 |
Category II – First Bar Admission or Late Law Student Registration - Students enrolled in or recently graduated from the J.D. program of an approved law school; JD degree was awarded less than one year before application is submitted to NCBE; applicant has not been admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction at the time application is filed with the jurisdiction requesting report; or the applicant is a law student who request for a character report will be received at the NCBE more than 15 months after first enrollment. |
$200 |
Category III – Member of another bar seeking admission to Louisiana or who is not a member of a bar, but the application is received by the NCBE more than one year after the JD degree was awarded. |
$325 |
Category IV – Member of a bar of a foreign country seeking to be licensed in Louisiana or first law degree was not obtained in the United States, whether or not a subsequent U.S. law degree was conferred |
$500 |
Category V – Request that a character report previously prepared by the NCBE be supplemented to account for the intervening period from the completion date of the original report to the present. $75 fee NCBE prepared the original law student report for Louisiana or $125 for the report if it was prepared for another jurisdiction. |
$75 or $125 |
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