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License Description General Information terms and Definitions: Qualifications for Examination Applicants. An application for admission to the Bar by examination may be filed by an individual who: A. is 21 years of age: B. has received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or has received credit for the requirements of the first three (3) years of college work from a college or university offering an integrated six-year prelaw and law course, and has completed his law course at a college or university offering such an integrated six-year course; and C. (1) has successfully completed, or (2) at the time of taking the bar examination, will be within sixty (60) days of completion of, a general course of study of law in a law school which is provisionally or fully approved by the Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar of the American Bar Association. Any applicant filing an exam application under Subsection 1(C)(2) of this Rule shall file with the Board on a form prescribed by the Board, a statement requesting to take the bar exam pursuant to the above Rule and must request the dean or registrar of his law school to file with the Board, on a form prescribed by the Board, a certification stating that said applicant should complete his course of study on or before sixty (60) days from the date of the examination for which the applicant is registered. At the completion of said course and within sixty (60) days after the exam date, the applicant must request his law school dean or registrar to file with the Board a "Certificate of Completion" evidencing the satisfactory completion of such course of study within the prescribed sixty (60) day period. A Certificate of Eligibility for Admission will not be issued to applicant without the final certification from his law school dean or registrar. Failure to complete the course of study within sixty (60) days of the examination and to have the dean or registrar of the applicant's law school so certify shall render the applicant's results on the subject examination void. (However, an applicant who, as of November 1, 1981, was or had been previously enrolled in a law school in active existence in Mississippi for more than ten (10) years prior to the date of application shall be eligible for examination for admission; provided that such an applicant must have graduated from such law school prior to November 1, 1984) ADMISSION BY COMITY AND RECIPROCITY Section 1. Qualification of Applicant. A. Provided that the laws of the state from which the applicant comes grant similar privileges to attorney applicants from this state, any lawyer from another state whose requirements for admission to the bar are equivalent to those of this state, who has practiced not less than five (5) years may be admitted to practice in this state without passing the general bar examination as to the applicant's knowledge of law required of all other applicants by Rule IX and upon complying with the other requirements as set out in these Rules Governing Admission to the Mississippi Bar. The Board shall determine whether another jurisdiction grants "similar privileges" to applicants from this state. B. An applicant who has failed a bar examination administered in this jurisdiction within five (5) years of the date of filing an application under this rule shall not be eligible for admission under this Rule VI. C. An applicant who has been subject to discipline in another state for conduct which would make the applicant ineligible for admission in this state shall not be eligible for admission under this Rule VI. https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_admission_msbar.pdf
Licensing Agency
MS State Board of Bar Admissions
P.O. Box 1449
Jackson, MS 39215-1449
(601) 576 4620
barexamweb@courts.ms.gov
Active Status Active
Continuing Education No continuing education requirement to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
Education No educational requirements
Exam No exam required
License Type Stand-alone license
License Updated 08/14/2023
Physical Requirements No physical requirements
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