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IX. BAR EXAM PREPARATION
Fee Schedules (all payments must be made
THE ILLINOIS BAR EXAM by certified check, cashier’s check, or money
order to the Illinois Board of Admissions to
The State of Illinois has a two-step the Bar)
application process for the bar exam Packet #1 – LSR Application Fees
available to first year law students who
intend to practice law in Illinois following If you are a first year student filing before
graduation. By filing the first year of school, March 1 (entered school in the fall) or
students can save a large amount of money. July 1 (entered school in January), the fee
is: $100 made
All applicants to the Illinois Bar Exam are If you are a law student but did not
required to file a Character and Fitness complete Packet #1 within the first year
Questionnaire. Fees for filing this filing deadline, the fee is: $450
questionnaire are substantially reduced when it
is timely submitted during the applicant’s first Packet #2 – Exam Application Fees
year of law school as part of the Law School
Registration Application (LSR Application – If you previously filed a Registration
Packet #1). The LSR application is prior to Application (Packet #1), the fee is: $250
and separate from the Application to Take the If you did not previously filed a LSR
Illinois Bar Exam (Exam Application – Application (Packet #1), the fee is: $700
Packet #2). For more information and to Late Fees: If you miss the Exam Application
verify no changes to the information below, filing deadline, there are late filing dates
visit www.ibaby.org. available to students but the fee amounts are
Packet #1: First year law students entering in higher. Check the website (www.ibaby.org)
the fall have until March 1 to complete Packet for more information.
#1 and pay $100. First-year law students For information on taking the bar exam in
beginning in January have until July 1 of their other states, please contact the CSO
first year to complete the Packet #1 and pay
$100. If Packet #1 is not completed by the MULTISTATE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
deadlines above in the first year, an applicant EXAM
should not submit the packet unless they have The Multistate Professional Responsibility
matters of character and fitness concern. Exam (MPRE) is a 60-question, two-hour,
Instead, the applicant should just submit multiple-choice examination required for the
packet #2 and pay the higher fee. admission to the bar in all states except
Packet #2: This packet must be completed Maryland, Washington, and Wisconsin. The
during a student’s final year of law school. exam is administered three times per year and
tests your knowledge and understanding of the
If you are graduating in January and plan ethical standards expected in the legal
to sit for the February exam, the timely profession. You can take the MPRE in any
filing deadline to submit Packet #2 is state and have your test scores transferred to
September 1, but materials may be another state at a later date; thus, you do not
submitted as early as August 1. need to know the state in which you will be
If you are graduating in May and plan to sitting for the bar at the time you take the
sit for the July exam, the timely filing MPRE. Please note that if you would like to
deadline to submit Packet #2 is February have your score applied in Illinois you may
1, but materials may be submitted as early not sit for the exam until you have completed
as January 1. two-thirds of the required credits for
Although the above dates reflect the preferred graduation.
deadlines, students may turn in materials late Recent graduates tell us that the best time to
and pay higher fees. Please check take the MPRE is during the summer before
www.ibaby.org for more information. your third year. However, the test is usually
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offered in March and November, as well as in
August.
Professional Responsibility class does not
need to be taken to sit for this test.
Registration materials are available online at
www.ncbex.org/tests.
Most students take the half-day Bar/Bri review
course for approximately $75. For more
information, call Bar/Bri at 800.777.EXAM
(3926), or visit their website at
www.barbri.com
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