To sign up for the exam, one must fill out multiple sections of the bar application electronically and the first filing deadline is 9/1/10. Applications can be filed later, but the price rapidly escalates. In addition, there are limited seats for ExamSoft takers; the majority take a handwritten exam!
Illinois Bar Application Checklist
- Character and Fitness Questionnaire (and Additional Questionnaire, if required)
- Illinois State Police Criminal History Form
- Attorney's Questionnaire (if admitted to the bar elsewhere)
- Authorization and Release Form (non-electronic, signed and notarized)
- Dean's Certification (non-electronic evidencing J.D. degree)
- Non-Standard Testing Accommodation Request (if applicable, plus CV of psychologist, Certificate of Non-Standard Testing Accommodation evidencing accommodations by schools, testing centers, and/or employers)
- MBE Score Transfer (if one had passed an exam in another jx within the most recent 13-months and with a scaled score of 140)
- MPRE score transfer (score of 80 required)
- LSAC applicant ID for Bar Application and for MBE Exam (required the day of the exam)
Old MEE, MPT and MBE exams and essays can be found and printed via the NCBE web site (see links on side bar of this blog) while Illinois specific bar exam essays can be located via local colleges (Northern Illinois Law school has old Illinois essay exams in their law library reference center.)
I added a new blog, "The Modern Woman," to my blog list about a woman who is now an immigration attorney and who failed the IL bar exam the first time, to pass on her 2nd attempt. It's good to have some local inspiration...
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