Arizona
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Arizona without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Admission on motion available. Admitted by bar examination elsewhere and primarily engaged in active practice for 3 of the 5 years preceding application
Does Arizona accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Yes (Rule 34(h)): score at or above minimum acceptable score (270 for July 2023-Feb 2027; 273 earlier; July 2027 onward TBD per bar FAQ); earned within 5 yrs before taking oath; ABA JD; MPRE within 5 yrs of application; not failed minimum within 3 attempts anywhere; Arizona law course.
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Arizona state courts?
Local counsel: Yes: Arizona sponsoring attorney mandatory, except pro bono and ICWA cases; local counsel files State Bar Notice of Receipt with court. Fee: $505.00 payable to State Bar of Arizona.
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- Admitted by bar examination elsewhere and primarily engaged in active practice for 3 of the 5 years preceding application
- Years of practice
- 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding the date of application, primarily engaged in active practice
- Reciprocity
- Requires admission/practice in a reciprocal jurisdiction (SUMMARY; list of reciprocal states not retrieved).
- Fee
- $2,000 (Admin. Order 2024-78, May 15, 2024)
- Rule
- Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 34(f)
- UBE score transfer
- Yes (Rule 34(h)): score at or above minimum acceptable score (270 for July 2023-Feb 2027; 273 earlier; July 2027 onward TBD per bar FAQ); earned within 5 yrs before taking oath; ABA JD; MPRE within 5 yrs of application; not failed minimum within 3 attempts anywhere; Arizona law course.
- UBE minimum
- 273 prior to July 2023 test administration or 270 effective beginning with July 2023 test administration
- UBE score window
- earned within 5 years prior to taking the oath of admission and being admitted
- MPRE
- 85
- Other routes
- Rule 38(a) in-house counsel (Arizona law course); Rule 38(b) foreign legal consultant; Rule 38(d)(4) clinical law professors; military spouse referenced at Rule 39(c) (details not retrieved).
- Foreign attorneys
- Foreign legal consultant certificate available for person admitted and in good standing in foreign country
- Military spouse
- Limited practice method including military spouse under Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 38-39
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- Reciprocity states
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 39
- Local counsel
- Yes: Arizona sponsoring attorney mandatory, except pro bono and ICWA cases; local counsel files State Bar Notice of Receipt with court.
- Limits
- No numerical limit stated on State Bar page; Rule 39 text not retrieved.
- Fee
- $505.00 payable to State Bar of Arizona.
- Procedure
- Original notarized application, original certificate of good standing from each jurisdiction, motion to associate local counsel, proposed order, fee check to State Bar; State Bar issues Notice of Receipt (about up to 3 weeks); local counsel files with court; judge grants/denies.
Language from the source documents
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On motion
primarily engaged in the active practice of law in one or more state(s) , territories, or the District of Columbia for 3three of the 5five years immediately preceding the date upon which the application was filedazcourts.gov
On-motion rule
In connection with the three-year bar examination lookback provision in Ariz. R. Sup. Ct 34(e)(4)azbaradmissions.org
UBE transfer
On a UBE in a recognized UBE test administration within the prior five years you achieved a minimum score of 273 prior to the July 2023 test administration or a minimum score of 270 effective beginning with the July 2023 test administration.azbaradmissions.org
Other routes
*Please refer to Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 38-39 for more information on limited practice methods including law professor, military spouse and in-house counsel.azbaradmissions.org
Pro hac vice rule
Arizona Supreme Court Rule 39, Pro Hac Vice , became effective May 1, 2020.azbar.org
UBE score window
that was earned within 5five years prior to the applicant's taking the oath of admission and being admitted to the practice of law in Arizonaazcourts.gov
Foreign attorneys
A “foreign legal consultant” is a person who is admitted to practice and is in good standing as an attorney or counselor at law or the equivalent in a foreign country or political subdivision of a foreign country, and has been issued a certificate of regi stration as a foreign legal consultant.azbaradmissions.org