Nevada
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Nevada without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Not available. None; all applicants take Nevada exam and MPRE 85 (window: 3 yrs before to 3 yrs after exam)
Does Nevada accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Not accepted; Nevada does not use UBE; own licensing exam
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Nevada state courts?
Local counsel: Yes; must associate active NV Bar member as counsel of record who actively participates and appears unless court orders otherwise Fee: State Bar application $550 non-refundable ($300 expedited 1-3 days); annual renewal $500; $50 late penalty; court fees not stated
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- None; all applicants take Nevada exam and MPRE 85 (window: 3 yrs before to 3 yrs after exam)
- Years of practice
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- Reciprocity
- VERBATIM: 'Nevada has NO RECIPROCITY OR ADMISSION BY MOTION of any kind'
- Reciprocity states
- None: stated in the source documents (stated in source)
- Fee
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- Rule
- SCR 42: 'shall not be admitted to practice law in the State of Nevada by motion or on the basis of reciprocity' (secondary text)
- UBE score transfer
- Not accepted; Nevada does not use UBE; own licensing exam
- 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, no earlier than three years preceding the year applicant passes Nevada bar examination and no later than three years after that year
- Other routes
- Limited in-house counsel practice under SCR 49.1-49.5 (per State Bar; SCR 49.9/49.10 repealed 2019); student practice; foreign-educated functional equivalency petition ($750)
- Foreign attorneys
- Foreign-educated applicants may seek functional equivalency certification to apply to take Nevada Bar Exam required for admission
- Military spouse
- Limited practice certification available for spouse of US Uniformed Services member present in Nevada pursuant to military orders
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- SCR 42 (state courts only; amended 6/28/24)
- Local counsel
- Yes; must associate active NV Bar member as counsel of record who actively participates and appears unless court orders otherwise
- Limits
- More than 5 appearances in 3 years presumed excessive; excess requires affidavit of good cause; ineligible if NV bar member, NV resident, regularly employed in NV, or substantial NV professional activity; pro bono exceptions (death penalty, ICWA)
- Fee
- State Bar application $550 non-refundable ($300 expedited 1-3 days); annual renewal $500; $50 late penalty; court fees not stated
- Procedure
- Apply to State Bar first with good standing certificates (within 30 days); NV counsel completes consent; NV counsel files motion to associate; order entered; NV counsel serves State Bar within 10 days; affirm Creed of Professionalism and Civility; case must already be filed
Language from the source documents
9 quoted passages
Other routes
The Supreme Court of Nevada does provide limited practice rules including in-house counsel, student practice, and legal services.nvbar.org
Local counsel
(f) The lawyer associates an active member in good standing of the State Bar of Nevada as counsel of record in the action or proceeding.leg.state.nv.us
Pro hac vice fee
(3) A non-refundable application fee of $550 or an application for waiver of fees as provided in subsection 3(e) of this rule.leg.state.nv.us
MPRE
an applicant shall take and pass the MPRE with a scale score of at least 85 no earlier than three years preceding the year in which an applicant passes the Nevada bar examination and no later than three years after the year in which an applicant passes the Nevada bar examinationnvbar.org
Foreign attorneys
Foreign-educated applicants, and other non-ABA law graduates, may seek a functional equivalency certification in order to apply to take the Nevada Bar Exam, required for admission.nvbar.org
Military spouse
(i) A spouse of a member of the United States Uniformed Services who is present in Nevada pursuant to military orders.leg.state.nv.us