Maryland Bar Admission Rules on government.westlaw.com
Rules of the Board
Pursuant to amended Maryland Rule 19-102(d), effective October 1, 2024, the Rules of the Board are hereby posted on the Board’s page of the Judiciary Website. The Rules of the Board may be accessed here: (Word) (PDF)
BOARD RULE 11 (EXAMINATION FILING DEADLINES) (Word) (PDF)
Pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-102(d), the State Board of Law Examiners gives notice that, on October 1, 2024, the State Board of Law Examiners approved new Board Rule 11, which establishes new filing deadlines for Uniform Bar Examinations given in Maryland. Beginning with the February 2025 UBE in Maryland, the filing deadline for February UBEs in Maryland is the preceding December 1. Beginning with the July 2025 UBE in Maryland, the filing deadline for July UBEs in Maryland is the preceding May 1. Further, applicants seeking waiver of the ABA-approved law school degree requirement pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-201(b), must file the Waiver Request Form and required attached documents no later than 30 days prior to the applicable filing deadline for the exam they seek to take.
The Board Rule will be effective beginning November 14, 2024.
Bar admission rules for applicants who pass(ed) a Maryland General Bar Exam or Maryland Out-of-State Attorney’s Exam given before March 1, 2019
The bar admissions process for Maryland bar applicants and petitioners who pass or have passed a Maryland General Bar Examination or Maryland Out-of-State Attorney’s Examination administered prior to March 1, 2019 (i.e., individuals who pass their exam in February 2019 or passed an exam in July 2018 or earlier) shall be governed by Maryland Rules 19-101 to 19-105 and Maryland Rules 19-201 to 19-213 and the Rules of the Board that are set forth in the 178th Rules Committee Report, Part III, and enacted by the Court’s Rule’s Order of June 6, 2016. Those Rules may be found HERE at pages 8-65 (Court Rules) and pages 87-106 (Board Rules). After March 1, 2019, these Rules will continue to govern each such applicant and petitioner until he or she is admitted, or is denied admission pursuant to Rule 19-203, or withdraws the application or petition pursuant to Rule 19-202(f) or Rule 19-213(g).