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News Release - Exam Results
Results for the February 2025 Arizona Uniform Bar Examination (click here to view pdf).
Note: A letter containing score information and next steps will be sent to each February 2025 Arizona UBE examinee through the application portal under the Admission Documents heading by Friday, April 18, 2025.
After you receive your letter, please review it carefully. Additional information can also be found on the attorney admissions website FAQs page.
Announcement
Have you ever wondered how bar exams are graded? A new informational resource is now available to answer this question: From Essay to Esquire: Understanding Arizona Bar Exam Grading
Bar Exam Location & Information
July 2025 Arizona Uniform Bar Examination
Applicants are reminded to check their application portal "Admission Documents" regularly for important exam information. Admission Ticket and reporting times will be provided through the portal two weeks before the exam.
Standard Testing Site
July 29-30, 2025
Phoenix Convention Center, South Building
100 North Third Street
Phoenix AZ 85004
Accommodated Testing Site*
July 29 - August 1, 2025 (or dates as stated with decision/reporting letter)
State Courts Building
1501 W Washington Street
Phoenix AZ 85007
*The Committee on Examinations shall endeavor to announce accommodations decisions by late April to mid-June for requests that were complete and timely filed. This timeline is aspirational and may be extended for further inquiry when the circumstances of the request so require.
Character and Fitness Application Revisions January 2025
The Arizona Supreme Court is proud to announce significant updates to the Character and Fitness Application. These revisions aim to streamline the application process while maintaining the thorough review necessary to protect the integrity of the legal profession.
Background
A comprehensive review of the Character and Fitness Application was conducted, including feedback from the Arizona law schools, the State Bar of Arizona, and the Committee on Character and Fitness. The resulting updates reduce the number of questions, the number of required references, and narrows the timespans under review.
The Arizona Supreme Court approved changes ensure retaining the information necessary for a thorough review while easing the burden of the application process.
Notable Changes
- Employment History
- Reduces the number of references required from all employers to the 5 most recent employers within the last 10 years or since age 21.
- Applicants are no longer required to include periods of unemployment or a description of activities during unemployment.
- Implements a lookback period of 10 years or since age 21, whichever is shorter, regarding employment misconduct.
- Personal and Professional References
- No longer required unless an applicant does not have employment/law related references.
- If no employment/law related references, then non-professional employment references or references from the applicant’s educational background may be substituted.
- Criminal History
- Narrowed question requiring disclosure of any arrest, charge, conviction, guilty plea, or no contest plea to a misdemeanor or felony including matters resulting in suspended imposition of sentences, vacated judgments, pardons, or similar dispositions.
- Also requires disclosure of any juvenile record adjudicated that was for a felony crime if the offense had been committed as an adult.
- Traffic History – Traffic citations are no longer a disclosure requirement.
- Academic History – Eliminates the need to disclose questioning or accusations of misconduct that did not result in a finding or discipline related to that conduct.
- Residential History – Specificity of disclosure reduced.
These updates reflect the Court’s commitment to balancing thoroughness with accessibility and efficiency. The revised applications will improve the applicant experience while upholding the standards required for the practice of law.
Please direct questions to attorneyadmissions@courts.az.gov.
Next Bar Exam Score Release
The July 2025 Arizona Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) Results will post here on or before the second Friday in October 2025.
Note: A letter containing score information and next steps will be sent to each July 2025 Arizona UBE examinee through the application portal under the Admission Documents heading of their Exam Application by end of business on the day of score release.
Laptop Registration Information
July 2025 Arizona Uniform Bar Examination Laptop Registration will open in June.
Applicants who indicated intent to test via laptop in their exam application will be sent an email notification when the ILG Exam360® registration period opens. The email will provide all of the information necessary to claim their ILG Exam360® account, register, and download ILG Exam360®. It is applicant responsibility to ensure that emails from ILG Exam360® and the Arizona Supreme Court Attorney Admissions are not filtered as spam and to add noreply@arizona.ilgexam360.com and noreply@azbaradmissions.org to their email address book.
Those who do not register their laptops will be required to handwrite the examination. No laptops are used for the MBE. All MBE answers are submitted using scantrons.
www.azbaradmissions.org/comp-based-testing
Evidence of Graduation Deadline
Under Administrative Order No. 2024-78, if you are awaiting JD conferral and anticipate having it prior to the exam administration, the Evidence of Graduation Deadline is June 15, 2025.
Change to Fees for Admission to the Practice of Law in Arizona
Administrative Order No. 2024-78, concerning Fees for Admission to the Practice of Law in Arizona, has been issued, replacing Administrative Order No. 2011-141. The new order will take effect on July 1, 2024.
Arizona Supreme Court to Adopt NextGen Bar Examination in 2027
Beginning with the bar examination administered in July 2027, Arizona will adopt the NextGen bar examination, created by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE).
Arizona Supreme Court News Release
Arizona UBE and MPRE Minimum Score Requirements
Select this link to view Arizona Administrative Order 2023-159 establishing UBE and MPRE minimum score requirements.
Character and Fitness Applications
Applicants who started a Character and Fitness application in the former application system but did not submit it by August 30, 2022, will need to register for a new user account and start a new Character and Fitness application within the new application portal. www.azbaradmissions.org.
ACJA Changes Announcement July 2022
ACJA Changes Announcement July 2022
October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Reciprocity
List of current October 2020 Remote Bar Exam Reciprocal Jurisdictions.