New Mexico
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in New Mexico without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Reciprocal states only. 5 of past 7 yrs practice (teaching, govt, military, in-house, judicial count); ABA JD not required; MPRE 80 (no time limit); fee $2,500 (NCBE chart)
Does New Mexico accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Accepts transfer: 260+ within 60 months of filing; MPRE 80 after application accepted; NM Law Class; Acknowledgment and Release; Certificate of Understanding; credit report; fee $1,700; JD from ABA school or non-ABA JD plus 4 yrs licensure in prior 6; 3 attorney character references
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in New Mexico state courts?
Local counsel: Yes: association with active State Bar of New Mexico member in good standing for each matter Fee: State Bar: $450 first registration each year; $275 each subsequent; waived for government employees, legal aid, pro bono for indigent clients
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- 5 of past 7 yrs practice (teaching, govt, military, in-house, judicial count); ABA JD not required; MPRE 80 (no time limit); fee $2,500 (NCBE chart)
- Years of practice
- at least five (5) of the past seven (7) years preceding submission of the application
- Reciprocity
- Based on reciprocity per NCBE chart
- Fee
- $2,500
- Rule
- 15-107 NMRA
- UBE score transfer
- Accepts transfer: 260+ within 60 months of filing; MPRE 80 after application accepted; NM Law Class; Acknowledgment and Release; Certificate of Understanding; credit report; fee $1,700; JD from ABA school or non-ABA JD plus 4 yrs licensure in prior 6; 3 attorney character references
- UBE minimum
- 260
- UBE score window
- within 60 months of filing, maximum age 60 months
- MPRE
- 80 with no time parameters
- Other routes
- Limited licenses for In-House Counsel, Military Spouse, Law Professor, Federal Employee
- Foreign attorneys
- Yes - graduates of foreign law schools eligible for admission by examination with admission and practice in another US jurisdiction for four of the preceding six years
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- Reciprocity states
- Not in the pulled documents
- Military spouse
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Rule 24-106 NMRA
- Local counsel
- Yes: association with active State Bar of New Mexico member in good standing for each matter
- Limits
- Separate registration per matter; max 5 per calendar year
- Fee
- State Bar: $450 first registration each year; $275 each subsequent; waived for government employees, legal aid, pro bono for indigent clients
- Procedure
- Registration certificate and affidavit of non-admitted lawyer to State Bar of NM with fee; certificates of good standing from every jurisdiction (within 6 months); disclose discipline to Disciplinary Board; immediately notify court, State Bar, Disciplinary Board of status changes
Language from the source documents
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On motion
(2) be engaged in the active practice of law in at least one (1) reciprocal state for at least five (5) of the past seven (7) years preceding submission of the application;supremecourt.nmcourts.gov
UBE transfer
Have scored 260 or above on the UBE, within 60 months of the filing of this application, and received from an accepted UBE jurisdictionnmexam.org
Pro hac vice rule
Rules regarding pro hac vice practice are contained in Rule 24-106 NMRA.nmcourts.gov
Local counsel
The State Bar of New Mexico requires out-of-state attorneys to associate with an active member in good standing as a member of the State Bar of New Mexico.prohacvice.com
phv_limits
may not re gister more than five (5) times in any given 10 calendar yearsupremecourt.nmcourts.gov
Pro hac vice fee
shall pay a non-refundable fee of four hundred fifty dollars ($450)supremecourt.nmcourts.gov
On-motion fee
pay the non-refundable application fee of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).supremecourt.nmcourts.gov
Years of practice
be engaged in the active practice of law in at least one (1) reciprocal state for at least five (5) of the past seven (7) years preceding submission of the application;supremecourt.nmcourts.gov
UBE minimum score
Have scored 260 or above on the UBE, within 60 months of the filing of this applicationnmexam.org
UBE score window
Time limit for accepting a transferred UBE score (i.e., maximum age of the UBE score)60 monthsncbex.org
MPRE
Minimum passing MPRE score80 Are there any time parameters within which an MPRE score must be earned or achieved?Noncbex.org
Foreign attorneys
Admission and practice in another US jurisdiction for four of the preceding six years prior to the filing date of the application.ncbex.org