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Electronic Communications

All information and announcements posted on the Kansas Attorney Admissions Office website at: https://admissions.kscourts.gov/home. Applicants are expected to regularly visit this webpage to review the announcements and information posted there. Applicants are also required to maintain a current email address and mailing address on their personal Supreme Court of Kansas Attorney Admissions Account and to regularly read all mail from this office, whether sent electronically or by postal service. Applicants should use an email address that can be accessed after graduation from law school. Applicants must ensure that emails from the Kansas Attorney Admissions Office are not filtered as spam.

Filing Information and Deadlines

Applicants may apply for the July exam between November 2 and March 1 and the February exam between April 2 and October 1. Any applicant who wishes to file a completed application for admission after the filing deadline, but on or before November 1 (for the February examination) and on or before April 1 (for the July examination), must pay a late penalty fee in addition to the application fee. Only complete applications will be accepted. See Supreme Court Rule 722.

Applicants must score at least 266 to pass the bar exam in Kansas.

The Uniform Bar Exam is given on the last consecutive Tuesday and Wednesday in February and July.

The exam components include the Multistate Essay Exam, the Multistate Performance Test, and the Multistate Bar Exam.

Applicants may seek nonstandard testing accommodations by completing an Accommodations Application. Applicants must make their request by November 1 for the February exam or April 1 for the July exam.

Requirements for the Uniform Bar Exam

  • Kansas requires that your undergraduate and law transcripts be sent directly to the Board from the college or university. E-transcripts can be sent to admissions@kscourts.gov. Request final transcripts far enough in advance that they are received by the Board no later than January 15th for the February examination and June 15th for the July examination. See Supreme Court Rule 711.
  • If you are transferring an MBE score earned within thirteen months of the current examination and you successfully passed the entire bar examination in the other jurisdiction in one sitting, you must contact the state from which the score is being transferred to determine their procedure for transferring the score to Kansas. This score must be received no later than January 15th for the February examination and June 15th for the July examination if the score is to be used. Failure to timely submit an MBE score will result in the applicant sitting for both days of the examination.
  • All applicants must obtain a minimum scaled score of 80 on the MPRE to be admitted in Kansas. If you previously took the MPRE and have submitted a score less than 80 or have not yet taken the MPRE, it is strongly recommended you plan to do so immediately. A passing MPRE score must be received by the Board no later than January 15th for the February examination and June 15th for the July examination.
  • If you are admitted to practice in another state, you must obtain a certificate of good standing, a disciplinary authority certificate, and a continuing legal education certificate from each state in which you are admitted. Certificates of good standing are usually issued by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and the disciplinary authority certificate by the appropriate disciplinary governing board. Certificates of continuing legal education should be obtained from the entity responsible for monitoring compliance in that state. Continuing legal education certificates must include proof of compliance with both fee payments and required hours. Certificates of good standing, disciplinary authority certificates, and continuing legal education certificates will not be accepted by the Board if they are more than 90 days old at the time the application is accepted by the Board.
  • All applicants for the Kansas Bar are required to submit a completed fingerprint card and the required waivers as a part of the character and fitness investigation. If you have not done so already, you should complete the fingerprint packet and have it submitted to this office immediately. Your application will not be accepted until the completed fingerprint packet is received. No applicant for admission to the bar will be permitted to take the bar examination until the application has been considered and approved by the Board.
  • You will be advised in writing at the time your application is accepted if your transcripts, MPRE score, or MBE score are not on file at the time of filing. This will be your only notice. Failure to submit items by the stated deadlines will result in your removal without further warning.
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