APPLICATION PROCEDURES

As amended through October 9, 2024
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
9.Application Packages. Application packages are available for the July earn after December 15 of the year immediately preceding the earn Application packages are available for the February earn after August 15 of the year immediately preceding the earn Applicants are required to submit a written request which must be accompanied by a $50.00 application package fee. Application packages from prior examinations may not be utilized. Application forms submitted from previous administrations of the examination shall be rejected in accordance with S.C.R 52(1)(a). Resubmission following a rejected application shall be subject to such late fees as are set out in S.C.R 54.

[As amended; effective May 28, 2003.]

10.Filing. Applications must be filed in duplicate, each containing original signatures, notaries and photographs and must be accompanied by an original and four copies of a properly executed Authorization and Release Form and two completed FBI fingerprint cards. Applicants shall, at their own expense, arrange to be fingerprinted on cards provided to them by the board. Applications submitted with fingerprint cards obtained from any other agency or jurisdiction shall be rejected. Resubmission following a rejected application shall be subject to such late fees as are set out in S.C.R 54.
11.Supplemental Information. All applicants must submit two letters of reference, certified law school transcripts, certificated undergraduate transcripts, and Department of Motor Vehicle printouts from every state in which the applicant has been licensed to drive in the five years immediately preceding the submission of the application, hi addition to the foregoing, all attorney applicants (as defined in S.C.R 54(2)) must provide certificates of good standing and disciplinary history reports from each jurisdiction in which they have successfully taken and passed the bar examination, whether or not the applicant is licensed in that jurisdiction. These items shall be filed not later than 21 days after mailing of the supplemental package to the applicant by the admissions director, with the exception of certified law school transcripts from the applicants who have not graduated from law school at the time of submission of the application, which must be submitted within the time frames set forth in S.C.R 55(2).

[As amended; effective August 24, 2015.]

12.Applicants Reapplying for Admission. Applicants who have previously applied for admission to the State Bar of Nevada must submit all the documentation required for first-time applicants, with the exception of educational transcripts and letters of reference. If prior application was made more than one year preceding the year of application, however, letters of reference must be resubmitted.
13.Rejected Applications. Applications that are incomplete, illegible or are not submitted in duplicate with original signatures, notaries and photographs (photocopies of photographs are not acceptable), shall immediately be rejected. Resubmission following a rejected application shall be subject to such late fees as are set out in S.C.R 54.
14.Fees.
A.Timely Submission. Applications for the July bar exam filed on or before March 1 shall be accompanied by the appropriate filing fees as set out in S.C.R 54(1) and (2). Applications for the February bar exam filed on or before October 1 of the preceding year shall be accompanied by the appropriate filing fees as set out in S.C.R 54(1) and (2). Applicants who have not been previously admitted in another jurisdiction, or who have not taken and passed a bar exam in another jurisdiction shall pay $700 to the State Bar of Nevada. Applicants who have taken and passed a bar exam or who have been admitted in another jurisdiction shall pay $1,000 to the State Bar of Nevada. Application fees must accompany the application at the time of filing. In the event that an application fee check is returned for any reason (i.e. insufficient funds, stop payment), the applicant shall be assessed a late fee (if applicable), as well as a return check charge. After a check is returned, all subsequent fees must be paid by cashier's check, money order or credit card.
B.Refunds. There is no provision for a refund of application fees, and except as provided in S.C.R 56(3). applications and fees may not be held in abeyance for subsequent bar examinations.
C.Late Fees. Applications for the July exam filed after March 1, and applications for the February exam filed after October 1, in addition to a $25 licensure fee, shall be accompanied by such late fees as are set out in S.C.R 54(3). Any applicant failing to pass the examination who applies to take the next subsequent examination within the time frame provided by S.C.R 52(1)(c) shall not be required to pay the fees provided in S.CR 54(3) for late application. (See the inside cover of the Nevada Supreme Court Rules Regulating Admission.)

[As amended; effective May 20, 2013.]

15.Deficient Applications. The director of admissions shall attempt to notify applicants within 60 days of receipt of the filed application of any deficiencies in the application. Pursuant to S.C.R 56(1)(a). deficient applications must be cured within thirty (30) days of receipt of said notification. Except as provided by S.C.R 51(3). S.C.R 55(2). S.C.R 65.5. and S.C.R 69. if the application is not completed within the allotted time, the admissions director shall recommend to the board that the application be rejected. The board shall reject the application if the deficiencies in the application are such that the board cannot adequately and thoroughly investigate the applicant's moral character, qualification and fitness to practice law.
16.Attorney Applicants.
A.Admission by Motion or Reciprocity. S.C.R 42 provides that an attorney admitted to practice in another jurisdiction shall not be admitted to practice law in the State of Nevada by motion or on the basis of reciprocity. Attorney applicants must make application for admission and be examined in accordance with Supreme Court Rules 49-75, inclusive, in the same manner as all applicants.
B.Multistate Bar Exam Scores.There is no "Attorney Exam" and applicants may not substitute scores from any other jurisdiction's Multistate Bar Exam for the Multistate Bar Exam portion of the Nevada Bar Exam.