Admissions to the Bar by Type, 2012

Jurisdiction:

Type of Admissions:

Index	Jurisdiction	Type of Admissions	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1	Alabama	Admission by Examination	533	465	461	408	381
2	Alaska	Admission by Examination	106	103	79	84	64
3	Arizona	Admission by Examination	629	722	683	635	479
4	Arkansas	Admission by Examination	253	242	219	212	209
5	California	Admission by Examination	6,846	7,008	6,726	6,150	5,496
6	Colorado	Admission by Examination	1,080	1,019	914	807	787
7	Connecticut	Admission by Examination	585	564	516	446	353
8	Delaware	Admission by Examination	147	148	122	99	123
9	District of Columbia	Admission by Examination	204	92	253	200	466
10	Florida	Admission by Examination	3,342	3,476	3,137	3,177	2,888
11	Georgia	Admission by Examination	1,144	1,245	1,297	1,029	1,016
12	Hawaii	Admission by Examination	219	206	203	188	146
13	Idaho	Admission by Examination	183	158	132	118	160
14	Illinois	Admission by Examination	2,786	2,944	2,676	2,327	1,987
15	Indiana	Admission by Examination	625	609	565	534	467
16	Iowa	Admission by Examination	364	328	294	262	176
17	Kansas	Admission by Examination	322	316	277	137	155
18	Kentucky	Admission by Examination	476	581	475	398	122
19	Louisiana	Admission by Examination	664	533	722	630	618
20	Maine	Admission by Examination	145	152	128	92	131
21	Maryland	Admission by Examination	1,685	1,742	1,637	1,382	1,231
22	Massachusetts	Admission by Examination	2,289	2,233	1,998	1,787	1,542
23	Michigan	Admission by Examination	878	1,061	1,011	849	805
24	Minnesota	Admission by Examination	825	796	752	662	601
25	Mississippi	Admission by Examination	248	265	233	205	198
26	Missouri	Admission by Examination	922	911	899	887	755
27	Montana	Admission by Examination	200	170	112	107	80
28	Nebraska	Admission by Examination	80	142	147	166	169
29	Nevada	Admission by Examination	550	343	319	321	276
30	New Hampshire	Admission by Examination	164	128	168	142	142
31	New Jersey	Admission by Examination	3,175	3,386	3,635	2,586	562
32	New Mexico	Admission by Examination	298	287	324	191	164
33	New York	Admission by Examination	9,046	9,698	10,273	8,261	7,885
34	North Carolina	Admission by Examination	1,094	997	1,102	956	917
35	North Dakota	Admission by Examination	102	85	76	64	53
36	Ohio	Admission by Examination	1,235	1,309	1,179	1,036	940
37	Oklahoma	Admission by Examination	510	392	328	278	302
38	Oregon	Admission by Examination	496	488	471	384	417
39	Pennsylvania	Admission by Examination	1,886	1,995	1,883	1,662	1,455
40	Rhode Island	Admission by Examination	204	201	158	175	130
41	South Carolina	Admission by Examination	526	598	469	494	422
42	South Dakota	Admission by Examination	87	91	52	62	53
43	Tennessee	Admission by Examination	668	858	709	616	612
44	Texas	Admission by Examination	2,988	3,356	2,892	2,805	2,849
45	Utah	Admission by Examination	390	424	441	437	317
46	Vermont	Admission by Examination	73	95	104	48	64
47	Virginia	Admission by Examination	1,577	1,528	1,224	1,050	1,008
48	Washington	Admission by Examination	935	1,006	910	856	829
49	West Virginia	Admission by Examination	221	208	185	181	160
50	Wisconsin	Admission by Examination	241	215	204	144	126
51	Wyoming	Admission by Examination	91	101	61	58	59
52	Guam	Admission by Examination	6	11	10	11	11
53	N. Mariana Islands	Admission by Examination	8	13	8	4	7
54	Palau	Admission by Examination	4	5	4	1	—
55	Puerto Rico	Admission by Examination	466	491	495	458	375
56	Virgin Islands	Admission by Examination	25	23	29	19	26
57	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Examination	54,846	56,558	54,381	47,278	41,766
58	Alabama	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	38/—	30/10	36/10	26/17
59	Alaska	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	44	27	37/8	38/18	18/21
60	Arizona	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	145	176/8	171/38	153/47	192/53
61	Arkansas	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	55	60	47	56	49
62	California	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
63	Colorado	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	157	185/13	245/45	273/45	323/78
64	Connecticut	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	83	116	81	84	109/—
65	Delaware	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
66	District of Columbia	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	2,932	3,028	2,670	2,189	3,116/6
67	Florida	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
68	Georgia	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	124	132	178	176	138
69	Hawaii	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
70	Idaho	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	92	63/10	71/34	61/33	60/38
71	Illinois	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	191	240	293	198	230
72	Indiana	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	52	66	58	91	81
73	Iowa	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	79	88	97	93/1	97/38
74	Kansas	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	116	77	94	78/125	87/136
75	Kentucky	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	83	87	91	65	12
76	Louisiana	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
77	Maine	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	20	31	48	53	42
78	Maryland	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
79	Massachusetts	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	174	178	194	194	197
80	Michigan	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	138	187	192	233	216
81	Minnesota	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	233	215/17	200/48	201/76	168/88
82	Mississippi	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	33	40	35	27	37
83	Missouri	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	111	115/8	138/29	127/37	146/50
84	Montana	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—/34	—/72	—/51	39/25
85	Nebraska	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	198	173/1	119/3	113/6	91/20
86	Nevada	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
87	New Hampshire	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	91	99/1	74/6	100/7	92/9
88	New Jersey	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	21/90
89	New Mexico	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	100/1	134/56
90	New York	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	613	553	476	606	527/11
91	North Carolina	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	76	94	107	116	127
92	North Dakota	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	185	174/8	132/28	102/53	62/42
93	Ohio	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	118	135	143	136	113
94	Oklahoma	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	73	71	69	72	67
95	Oregon	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	138	171	160	190	204
96	Pennsylvania	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	285	246	236	265	324
97	Rhode Island	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
98	South Carolina	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
99	South Dakota	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	23	30	22	31	32
100	Tennessee	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	124	153	135	125	138
101	Texas	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	408	480	533	541	479
102	Utah	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	53	53/22	61/43	67/44	59/52
103	Vermont	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	35	56	326	60	78/7
104	Virginia	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	43	62	98	202	167
105	Washington	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	232	318/29	484/69	819/84	571/94
106	West Virginia	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	73	66	53	61	58
107	Wisconsin	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	174	167	154	230	181
108	Wyoming	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	27	40/20	66/78	60/80	65/51
109	Guam	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
110	N. Mariana Islands	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	9	4	7	7	9
111	Palau	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	7	16	9
112	Puerto Rico	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
113	Virgin Islands	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	6	—	—
114	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission on Motion/by Transferred UBE Score	7,840	8,295/171	8,436/511	8,445/718	8,991/982

NCBE began collecting data for admission by transferred UBE score in 2013. Any persons admitted by transferred UBE score in 2011 (the first administration of the UBE, in which three jurisdictions administered the UBE) and 2012 (in which six jurisdictions administered the UBE) are included in those jurisdictions’ admission on motion numbers.

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Admissions to the Bar by Type, 2012–2016