Bar Exam Application Filing Deadlines

Examination Dates
*Bar Exam Application
Filing Deadline
(see note below)
February 26-27, 2008 January 4, 2008
July 29-30, 2008 June 6, 2008
February 24-25, 2009 January 2, 2009
July 28-29, 2009 June 5, 2009
February 23-24, 2010 January 1, 2010
July 27-28, 2010 June 4, 2010
February 22-23, 2011 January 7, 2011
July 26-27 2011 June 3, 2011

*The Bar Examination Application is available only to applicants who hold a valid certification of fitness.

Applications not received in the Office of Bar Admissions by the Bar Examination Application filing deadline may be filed in accordance with Part B, Section 2(e) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Georgia, which states:

Section 2.Applications for Examinations

(e) An applicant who fails to timely file an application to take the bar examination or fails to submit fees to the NCBE as provided above shall nevertheless be permitted to take the examination if, within 30 days of the deadline as provided above, he or she files an application to do so and pays a late fee of $200 (in addition to the regular fee prescribed by these Rules) and submits all applicable fees to the NCBE; provided, however, that no bar examination application shall be accepted unless it is received in the Office of Bar Admissions not less than fourteen days prior to the date of the bar examination.