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Changing offices but taking original state bar exam

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:41 pm
by Anonymous User
Incoming first-year associate here. I asked for a change of offices from my SA office, and it was approved a few days after the last date to sign up for my new office's state's bar exam. I'm still signed up for the original bar I was supposed to take, and both are UBE. I've spoken to my new state's licensing bureau and they've quoted a 2-3 month timeline after they receive my score to be able to process C&F and get me licensed.

I assume that this isn't an issue, right? I'm just not sure that my firm knows or if I should point this out. I assume this happens at least somewhat often? Does it at all matter if you take a couple months longer than the rest of your entering class to get licensed?

Re: Changing offices but taking original state bar exam

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 1:33 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:
Sat Jun 15, 2024 12:41 pm
Incoming first-year associate here. I asked for a change of offices from my SA office, and it was approved a few days after the last date to sign up for my new office's state's bar exam. I'm still signed up for the original bar I was supposed to take, and both are UBE. I've spoken to my new state's licensing bureau and they've quoted a 2-3 month timeline after they receive my score to be able to process C&F and get me licensed.

I assume that this isn't an issue, right? I'm just not sure that my firm knows or if I should point this out. I assume this happens at least somewhat often? Does it at all matter if you take a couple months longer than the rest of your entering class to get licensed?
Does not matter; more than a few junior associates are wildly delinquent on their application process (or have ticky-tack issues) and don't get sworn in until late in the year after they took the bar exam. IIRC my firm doesn't even raise the issue before August of the next year.