Utah
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Utah without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Admission on motion available. 36 of last 60 months active practice (SCRP 4-705(a)(7), eff. May 1, 2025) + other reqs
Does Utah accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Legacy UBE min 260, score age 36 months; NextGen min 610 from July 2026 (NCBE, secondary)
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Utah state courts?
Local counsel: Yes: must associate with active Utah Bar member in good standing; local counsel appears on all documents and personally attends pretrial conferences when court deems appropriate Fee: Equal to current active-member Bar dues for licensing year; same amount renewal annually within 28 days of anniversary; waived for pro bono low-income clients and US government attorneys
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- 36 of last 60 months active practice (SCRP 4-705(a)(7), eff. May 1, 2025) + other reqs
- Years of practice
- 36 of the 60 months immediately preceding the date the application for admission is filed
- Reciprocity
- Home jurisdiction must allow Utah lawyers to practice under substantially comparable conditions
- Fee
- $850 (NCBE investigation fee is extra and increased Oct. 1, 2026; new amount not stated)
- Rule
- Utah SCRP 4-705 (formerly 14-705)
- UBE score transfer
- Legacy UBE min 260, score age 36 months; NextGen min 610 from July 2026 (NCBE, secondary)
- UBE minimum
- 260 (Legacy UBE); 610 (NextGen UBE)
- UBE score window
- 36 months
- MPRE
- 86
- Other routes
- Practice Pending Admission Certificate under Rule 14-809 for motion applicants
- Foreign attorneys
- Yes - foreign law school graduate from English common law country admitted in English common law jurisdiction with 3 of last 5 years practice, 24 semester hours, MPRE and Bar Examination
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- Reciprocity states
- Not in the pulled documents
- Military spouse
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Utah R. Jud. Admin. 14-806 (amended eff. 5/1/2025)
- Local counsel
- Yes: must associate with active Utah Bar member in good standing; local counsel appears on all documents and personally attends pretrial conferences when court deems appropriate
- Limits
- Non-Utah resident, not Bar member, not regularly employed in Utah; separate application per matter; Utah resident only after Practice Pending Admission Certificate; annual renewal
- Fee
- Equal to current active-member Bar dues for licensing year; same amount renewal annually within 28 days of anniversary; waived for pro bono low-income clients and US government attorneys
- Procedure
- Apply to Utah State Bar, receive Acknowledgement of Supporting Documentation and Receipt of Filing Fee; local counsel files it with motion; no appearance until tribunal order grants
Language from the source documents
7 quoted passages
On motion
has been Actively and lawfully engaged in the Full-time Practice of law, as defined in Rule 14-701(b), (y), and (nn) , for 36 of the 60 months immediately preceding the date the application for admission is filedlegacy.utcourts.gov
UBE transfer
Accepts Legacy UBE Score -->Yes Minimum Legacy UBE Score 260 Accepts NextGen UBE Score -->Yes Minimum NextGen UBE Score 610 Date First Acceptance NextGen UBE Score July 2026 Maximum Score Age 36 monthsncbex.org
Other routes
(2) House counsel. Lawyers licensed in Utah as House Counsel may count time practicing in Utah toward the requirements of this rule.legacy.utcourts.gov
Local counsel
The lawyer associates with an active Bar member in good standing (“ local counsel ”).legacy.utcourts.gov
Years of practice
(7) has been Actively and lawfully engaged in the Full-time Practice of law, as defined in Rule 14-701(b), (y), and (nn) , for 36 of the 60 months immediately preceding the date the application for admission is filed;legacy.utcourts.gov
UBE minimum score
Minimum Legacy UBE Score 260 Accepts NextGen UBE Score -->Yes Minimum NextGen UBE Score 610ncbex.org
Foreign attorneys
graduated from a Foreign Law School in a country where principles of English common law form the predominant basis for that country's system of jurisprudence;legacy.utcourts.gov