[blindLaw] Law School & Uniform Bar Exam

[Sanho Steele-Louchart]

All: 

Just clarifying that UBE score transfer and reciprocity are two different things. UBE score transfer is available to people who have taken the UBE within a certain amount of time, have received a minimum passing score, and have met any relevant state-specific bar requirements. Reciprocity is typically tied to admission without examination and requires a practitioner in good standing to have practiced X out of the past Y years, etc. UBE score transfer and reciprocity are for two different sets of professionals. I bring this up because it's an important distinction when researching rules around and planning for multi-state licensure.  

Warmth,
Sanho 

> On Mar 16, 2024, at 8:26 AM, Seif-Eldeen Saqallah via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning, Natasha,
> 
> 
> 
> Generally, higher-ranked schools are better for the materials/resources
> they have and the name recognition. As long as the school is accredited,
> one can take a bar in any jurisdiction after graduation. (New York has an
> additional professional responsibility requirement class component thing
> that many, if not all, law schools can meet.) The Uniform bar exam (UBE) is
> portable between states, so one need take that once and could transfer a
> score to another jurisdiction (reciprocity), depending on that
> jurisdiction’s requirements and the years it allows for one to transfer a
> score. Some are not UBE states, though and do not except transfers. The bar
> exam is also changing, with some states adopting the next gen(eration) exam.
> 
> 
> 
> Honestly, I do not feel law school prepares one for the bar as well; that
> is why people take commercial bar prep courses afterwards.
> 
> 
> 
> You do not need to attend a school in a UBE jurisdiction to take the UBE.
> But attending in a geography where you wish to practice might help you
> better know and network there.
> 
> 
> 
> The NCBE website has good reciprocity resources, though much of it is in
> charts.
> 
> 
> 
> I recommend choosing a school based on what it has to offer first, rather
> than on whether it be in a UBE state school. Happy to talk (phone or email)
> further.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Seif
> 
> 
> -- 
> Seif Saqallah
> (Mr.)
> University of Michigan
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> Masters in Middle Eastern and North African Studies
> J.D/M.A Graduate | 2020
> 
> International Studies, Arabic Studies, and Judaic Studies;
> Law, Justice, and Social Change
> B.A | 2017
> 
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