Vermont
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Vermont without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Admission on motion available. Actively Engaged in the Practice of Law for 5 of the preceding 10 years in one or more U.S. jurisdictions
Does Vermont accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Rule 13: score within 5 yrs before application filing; within no more than 4 sittings; MPRE 80+ (taken within 5 yrs before to 1 yr after filing). NCBE: legacy min 270, NextGen min 620
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Vermont state courts?
Local counsel: Yes: motion by a member of the Vermont Bar must accompany pro hac vice card filing (sec. 16(c)) Fee: Set in fee schedule approved by State Court Administrator (amount NOT FOUND); may be waived for pro bono representation
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- Actively Engaged in the Practice of Law for 5 of the preceding 10 years in one or more U.S. jurisdictions
- Years of practice
- no less than five of the 10 years immediately preceding the filing of the application
- Reciprocity
- Reciprocal waiver of 3-year practice requirement for Maine and New Hampshire attorneys (Rule 15(a)(2))
- Reciprocity states
- New Hampshire, Maine
- Fee
- $800 (Administrative Directive PG-6, eff. Mar. 1, 2020; NCBE fee paid separately)
- Rule
- Vermont Rules of Admission to the Bar, Rule 15 (attorney applicants)
- UBE score transfer
- Rule 13: score within 5 yrs before application filing; within no more than 4 sittings; MPRE 80+ (taken within 5 yrs before to 1 yr after filing). NCBE: legacy min 270, NextGen min 620
- UBE minimum
- 270 or greater
- UBE score window
- no more than five years before the date on which you file your application
- MPRE
- 80 or greater on the MPRE taken no earlier than five years before the date application filed (admission by transferred UBE score)
- Other routes
- Provisional licensure for applicants licensed in another U.S. jurisdiction and found eligible; Legal Intern practice under supervision
- Foreign attorneys
- Foreign law graduates can satisfy educational requirements for admission by examination and admission by transferred UBE score via equivalency determination
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- Military spouse
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State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Vermont Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 41, sec. 16
- Local counsel
- Yes: motion by a member of the Vermont Bar must accompany pro hac vice card filing (sec. 16(c))
- Limits
- NOT FOUND; separate statement per case; must be admitted elsewhere and not suspended/disbarred
- Fee
- Set in fee schedule approved by State Court Administrator (amount NOT FOUND); may be waived for pro bono representation
- Procedure
- File pro hac vice licensing statement/application with certificate of good standing, then motion by Vermont lawyer
Language from the source documents
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On motion
Have been Actively Engaged in the Practice of Law (as that term is defined in Rule 2 of the Rules of Admission) for no less than five of the 10 years immediately preceding the filing of the applicationvtcourts.gov
UBE transfer
You must have earned a passing UBE score of 270 or greater and arrange for the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) to report your UBE score to Vermont; Your passing score must have been achieved at an administration of the UBE no more than five years before the date on which you file your application;vtcourts.gov
Other routes
An applicant for admission to the Bar who is currently licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and who has been determined to be eligible for admission by the Board of Bar Examiners is eligible to practice law in Vermont on a provisional basis.vtcourts.gov
Pro hac vice rule
prior to filing a motion to be admitted in a particular case pursuant to V.R.C.P. 79.1(e), V.R.Cr.P. 44.2(b), V.R.F.P. 15(e), V.R.P.P. 79.1(d), or V.R.A.P. 45.1(d).vtcourts.gov
Local counsel
A pro hac vice licensing card must be filed in the court in which the case is pending along with a motion by a member of the Vermont Bar pursuant to V.R.C.P. 79.1(e), V.R.Cr.P. 44.2(b), V.R.F.P. 15(e); V.R.P.P. 79.1(d) or V.R.A.P. 45.1(d)vtcourts.gov
Reciprocity states
you are admitted in New Hampshire or Maine and have been Actively Engaged in the Practice of Law for no less than 3 years immediately preceding the filing of the applicationvtcourts.gov
UBE minimum score
You must have earned a passing UBE score of 270 or greater and arrange for the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) to report your UBE score to Vermont;vtcourts.gov
UBE score window
Your passing score must have been achieved at an administration of the UBE no more than five years before the date on which you file your application;vtcourts.gov
MPRE
you must achieve a score of 80 or greater on the MPRE taken no earlier than five years before the date you filed the application for admission by transferred UBE scorevtcourts.gov
Foreign attorneys
If you have graduated from a law school outside the U.S., you can satisfy the educational requirements for admission by examination and admission by transferred UBE score if you establish that you have:vtcourts.gov