Nebraska
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Nebraska without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Admission on motion available. Admitted in another US state/territory/DC, good standing everywhere, no discipline-based loss of license; practice-time track: 3 of 5 yrs immediately preceding application of active practice or NE registered in-house counsel; MPRE per 3-117 (NCBE: 85); fingerprints; good standing certificates dated within 30 days; online application
Does Nebraska accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Accepts UBE transfer: min 270 legacy / 620 NextGen (NCBE), score earned within 5 yrs of application (no limit for practice-time applicants); MBE transfer not accepted
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Nebraska state courts?
Local counsel: Yes; separate motion from associated NE-licensed counsel for each case Fee: $250 per case
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- Admitted in another US state/territory/DC, good standing everywhere, no discipline-based loss of license; practice-time track: 3 of 5 yrs immediately preceding application of active practice or NE registered in-house counsel; MPRE per 3-117 (NCBE: 85); fingerprints; good standing certificates dated within 30 days; online application
- Years of practice
- 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding application for admission
- Reciprocity
- No reciprocity requirement found
- Reciprocity states
- Not applicable: no reciprocity
- Fee
- $950 (fee-page footnote not retrieved)
- Rule
- Neb. Ct. R. 3-119 (min scores in 3-117)
- UBE score transfer
- Accepts UBE transfer: min 270 legacy / 620 NextGen (NCBE), score earned within 5 yrs of application (no limit for practice-time applicants); MBE transfer not accepted
- UBE minimum
- 270
- UBE score window
- within 5 years - not accepted if more than 5 years have passed after release
- MPRE
- 85
- Other routes
- Military spouse motion admission (spouse of active duty member stationed in NE; reside/work or intend to within 6 months; 50% fee reduction); registered in-house counsel status referenced
- Foreign attorneys
- No
- Military spouse
- Yes - may be admitted upon approval of proper application under subsection (D)
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Neb. Ct. R. 3-122
- Local counsel
- Yes; separate motion from associated NE-licensed counsel for each case
- Limits
- One motion for consolidated cases; no numeric cap found
- Fee
- $250 per case
- Procedure
- Motion by associated Nebraska counsel per case (Appendix B form)
Language from the source documents
7 quoted passages
On motion
have either actively and substantially engaged in the practice of law in another state, territory, or district of the United States or who have properly registered as in-house counsel in Nebraska under Neb. Ct. R. §§ 3-1201 to 3-1204 for 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding application for admissionnebraskajudicial.gov
UBE transfer
Minimum Legacy UBE Score 270 Accepts NextGen UBE Score -->Yes Minimum NextGen UBE Score 620 Date First Acceptance NextGen UBE Score July 2026 Maximum Score Age 5 yearsncbex.org
Other routes
"Military Spouse Motion Applicants" are motion applicants who may be admitted to practice in Nebraska upon approval of a proper application under subsection (D).nebraskajudicial.gov
Local counsel
has associated with the following attorney who is duly and regularly admitted to practice in the courts of record of this state, and upon whom service may be had in all matters connected with the action:nebraskajudicial.gov
UBE score window
passing scores on the NextGen UBE, UBE, non-UBE qualifying bar examinations, or the MPRE will not be accepted for admission in Nebraska if more than 5 years have passed after the release of the passing score.nebraskajudicial.gov