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The deadline to register for the February 2026 Bar Exam has passed.
Update: Both the regular and final deadlines have now passed.
The regular deadline to register to sit for the February 2026 Bar Exam is on January 1, 2026, at 4 p.m. Applicants with a valid certification of fitness who have not registered but want to sit for the Exam should click "Start New Application" on their homepage and select "Bar Examination Application." The application must be approved by the Office of Bar Admissions and the fee must be received before registration can be completed, so applicants should not wait until the last day to start the registration process, especially since January 1 is a holiday. At 4 p.m. on January 1, the final registration period will begin, which includes a $500 late fee, and the final registration period will end on January 15 at 4 p.m.
Applicants can confirm that they have registered to sit for the exam by looking for this language at the top of their homepage:
Applicants with questions should email GaBarAdmissions@GaSupreme.us.
Laptop registration has closed for the February 2026 Bar Exam
Update: The laptop registration window has now closed.
Applicants who have registered to sit for the February 2026 Bar Exam can now register a laptop with ExamSoft. Registration will remain open until February 2 at 4 p.m.
Applicants who registered to sit for the Bar Exam by January 13 received an email that morning from no-reply@examsoft.com with laptop registration instructions. The email was sent to the address each applicant provided to the Office of Bar Admissions, and the email was titled "IMPORTANT: Installation & Registration Instructions for the Georgia Bar Exam." Applicants should check their spam folder before calling ExamSoft at the number below to inquire about the instructional email.
Applicants who registered to sit for the Bar Exam between January 13 and the final registration deadline (4 p.m. on January 15) received the instructional email from ExamSoft on January 20.
Applicants who fail to register their laptop and take the mock exam by the February 2 laptop registration deadline will have to handwrite their answers.
Answers to frequently asked questions about laptop registration, including the mock exam password, can be found here. Applicants who need technical assistance should contact ExamSoft at 888-816-3065 or 866-429-8889.
Secured Transactions will no longer be tested on the Georgia essay questions.
Effective immediately, the Supreme Court of Georgia has removed Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transactions) from the list of subjects that will be tested on the essay questions prepared by the Board of Bar Examiners for the Georgia Bar Exam. The Court anticipates making additional changes to the list of tested subjects that will become effective in July 2028, and those changes will be announced within the next few months. All of these changes are part of the Court's continued work to ensure that the Georgia Bar Exam is part of a regulatory framework that strikes the appropriate balance between protecting the public interest and ensuring that qualified applicants to the Bar in Georgia are able to enter the legal profession. The removal of UCC Article 9 from the list of tested subjects was one of the recommendations contained in the Final Report of the Georgia Lawyer Competency Task Force.
Rules and Instructions for the February 2026 Georgia Bar Exam
The Rules and Instructions for the February 2026 Georgia Bar Exam have been posted. You can find them here.
July 2025 Bar Examination Results Have Been Released
To view the list of applicants who passed the examination, click here.
General Statistics for the exam have been posted here.
Anticipated Score Release for the July 2025 Georgia Bar Exam
All MPT, Essay, and MBE answers are accounted for, and the regrade process has begun for the July 2025 Georgia Bar Exam. We anticipate that scores will be released on Friday, September 26, 2025. Applicants will receive an email (likely before noon) when their results have been posted to their homepage, and the full pass list likely will be posted to our website around noon.
Applicants should ensure that the contact information they have on file with the Office of Bar Admissions (including email, phone, and mailing address) remains current through score release. To review and update contact information, applicants should click “Edit Personal Info” at the top of their homepage.
Laptop registration has closed for the July Bar Exam.
Update: The laptop registration window has now closed.
Applicants who have registered to sit for the July 2025 Bar Exam can now register a laptop with ExamSoft. Registration will remain open until July 1 at 4 p.m.
Applicants who registered to sit for the Bar Exam by June 1 received an email on June 10 from noreply@examsoft.com with laptop registration instructions. The email was sent to the address the applicants provided to the Office of Bar Admissions, and the email was titled "IMPORTANT: Installation & Registration Instructions for the Georgia Bar Exam." Applicants should check their spam folder before calling ExamSoft at the number below to inquire about the instructional email.
Applicants who registered to sit for the Bar Exam between June 1 and June 6 received the instructional email from ExamSoft on June 11; Applicants who registered to sit for the Bar Exam between June 6 and the final registration deadline (4 p.m. on June 15) received the instructional email from ExamSoft on June 18.
Applicants who fail to register their laptop and take the mock exam by the July 1 laptop registration deadline will not be able to use their laptop to take the Exam.
Answers to frequently asked questions about laptop registration, including the mock exam password, can be found here. Applicants who need technical assistance should contact ExamSoft at 888-816-3065.