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Voluntary Confidential Demographic Information


Starting February 1, 2025, the WSBA will require applicants to answer demographic questions when registering for a user account. A response is required to each inquiry, but you may choose the "I choose not to respond" option. If you already have a user account, you will be required to answer the demographic questions prior to submitting your application. To answer the demographic questions, click on your name in the upper-right corner of your user home page and select "Edit Personal Info".


Effective September 1, 2024 - New Fee Structure


July 15, 2024: New admission fee structure will be effective September 1, 2024.  Please see Washington Supreme Court Order No. 25700-B-715 for additional information. 


Alternative Pathways to Licensure


On March 15, 2024, the Washington Supreme Court filed two orders approving alternative pathways to lawyer licensure: order 25700-B-710 adopting the NextGen Bar Exam starting with the July 2026 examination and reducing the minimum UBE passing score in Washington from 270 to 266 for all bar exams administered from July 2020 through the implementation of the NextGen Bar Exam, and order 25700-B-711 adopting in concept the recommendations from the Washington Bar Licensure Task Force relating to graduate apprenticeship, law school experiential pathway, APR 6 apprenticeship, alternative assessments and interventions, and reciprocity.

The Supreme Court also directed the Executive Director of the WSBA to convene and support an implementation committee to propose rule changes and identify next steps necessary to implement the recommendations.

Prospective applicants: The recommended alternative pathways to licensure, adopted in concept by the Court, have not been implemented yet. Therefore, currently there is no application available for these alternative pathways.

Continue to check here for more information as it becomes available.

Minimum UBE Passing Score


March 15, 2024: The Washington Supreme Court issued an order reducing the minimum UBE passing score in Washington from 270 to 266 for all bar exams administered from July 2020 forward, including examination already administered in February 2023, July 2023 and February 2024.


NextGen Bar Exam Update


March 15, 2024: The Washington Supreme Court issued an order adopting the NextGen Bar Exam starting with the July 2026 examination.