Deadline for Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (Character and Fitness Application):
If you are in your second calendar year of law school, or are a two-year international student in your first year of law school, the deadline to submit a timely Application to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice of Law (what the Bar Admissions Office commonly calls the Character and Fitness Application) is November 15, 2020. Information on this application can be found here: Application to Resister as a Candidate.
We will mail the Certificate of Dean and a Fingerprint Card to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to mail those documents next week.
Application to Apply for the February 2021 or July 2021 Bar Exam:
If you plan to take the February 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is November 1, 2020. If you plan to take the July 2021 Bar Exam, the deadline to submit a timely application is April 1, 2021. Information on the application can be found here: Application to take the Bar Exam.
For those taking the February 2021 Bar Exam, we will mail your Law School Character Certificate to the address that you have on file with the University of Akron. We expect to send those out the first week of October. We will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in January 2021.
For those taking the July 2021 Bar Exam, we will provide further information as to how we will make your Law School Character Certificate available to you; however, we will send your Final Law School Certificate, including the Substance Abuse Certification (if we have a record showing that you’ve fulfilled that requirement), directly to the Bar Admissions Office after your degree is conferred in May 2021.
Please consult the Ohio Office of Bar Admissions website for additional information and a list of all deadlines: Ohio Office of Bar Admissions
MPRE:
Information about the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam, can be found here: MPRE
Other Jurisdictions:
If you plan to take the bar exam in another jurisdiction, please consult the bar admissions website for that jurisdiction and forward me any forms that you need to have completed.