Delaware
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Delaware without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Not available. None: Rule 53 (admission without examination) was repealed effective Feb. 21, 1984.
Does Delaware accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Does not accept transferred legacy UBE or MBE scores (NCBE); NextGen portability TBA, first NextGen administration Feb 2028. Requires MBE, MPT, MPRE, plus jurisdiction-specific requirement(s)
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Delaware state courts?
Local counsel: Yes. Active Delaware Bar member must file motion, appear, and sign or receive service of all notices, orders and papers (VERBATIM in part: 'shall appear in the action...and shall sign or receive service of all notices, orders, pleadings or other papers') Fee: $375 (2015), $400 (2016), then increased annually by inflation under Rule 71(b)(vi). The latest official figure found is $407 (2018 form); the current amount is not stated.
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- None: Rule 53 (admission without examination) was repealed effective Feb. 21, 1984.
- Years of practice
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- Reciprocity states
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- Fee
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- Rule
- Rule 53 (Repealed effective Feb. 21, 1984)
- UBE score transfer
- Does not accept transferred legacy UBE or MBE scores (NCBE); NextGen portability TBA, first NextGen administration Feb 2028. Requires MBE, MPT, MPRE, plus jurisdiction-specific requirement(s)
- UBE minimum
- Not applicable: this state does not accept transferred UBE scores
- UBE score window
- Not applicable: this state does not accept transferred UBE scores
- MPRE
- 85
- Other routes
- Limited permission to practice for law school graduates, out-of-state attorneys, military spouse attorneys, in-house counsel, foreign legal consultants and law students
- Foreign attorneys
- Yes - foreign legal consultants may seek limited permission to practice in Delaware
- Military spouse
- Yes - military spouse attorneys may apply for limited permission to practice
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- Reciprocity
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Del. Sup. Ct. R. 71
- Local counsel
- Yes. Active Delaware Bar member must file motion, appear, and sign or receive service of all notices, orders and papers (VERBATIM in part: 'shall appear in the action...and shall sign or receive service of all notices, orders, pleadings or other papers')
- Limits
- No numeric cap found; court considers whether attorney is in effect practicing as Delaware counsel without admission (office location, frequency of prior Delaware admissions)
- Fee
- $375 (2015), $400 (2016), then increased annually by inflation under Rule 71(b)(vi). The latest official figure found is $407 (2018 form); the current amount is not stated.
- Procedure
- Signed motion by Delaware counsel (Form O) with certification of good standing in another state, disclosure of discipline and admissions, agreement to follow Delaware RPC; copy to Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Language from the source documents
8 quoted passages
On-motion rule
Rule 53. Admission to the Bar — Attorneys admitted elsewhere. Repealed effective Feb. 21, 1984.courts.delaware.gov
Other routes
For law school graduates, attorneys licensed outside of Delaware, attorneys of a military spouse, in-house counsel, foreign legal consultants and current law students, seeking limited permission to practice in Delaware.courts.delaware.gov
Local counsel
may be admitted pro hac vice in the discretion of the Court and such admission shall be made only upon written motion substantially in compliance with Official Form O by a [an] active member of the Delaware Bar (“Delaware Counsel”).courtrules.net
Pro hac vice fee
The pro hac vice admission assessment shall be $375 in the calendar year 2015, $400 in calendar year 2016, and thereafter increased annually by the rate of inflation as determined by the Delaware Supreme Court.courtrules.net
Foreign attorneys
For law school graduates, attorneys licensed outside of Delaware, attorneys of a military spouse, in-house counsel, foreign legal consultants, and current law students, seeking limited permission to practice in Delaware.courts.delaware.gov
Military spouse
You may also apply for limited permission to practice under certain circumstances: in house counsel, military spouse, foreign legal consultantcourts.delaware.gov
Pro hac vice fee
The pro hac vice admission assessment shall be $375 in the calendar year 2015, $400 in calendar year 2016, and thereafter increased annually by the rate of inflation as determined by the Delaware Supreme Court.courts.delaware.gov