WSR 24-07-060A

RULES OF COURT

STATE SUPREME COURT

[March 15, 2024]

The Washington Bar Licensure Task Force, having recommended the adoption of the suggested amendments to APR 4—Examinations for Admission; Notification of Results, and the Court having considered the suggested amendments, and having determined that the suggested amendments will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

(a) That the suggested amendments as shown below are adopted.

(b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9 (j)(1), the suggested amendments will be expeditiously published in the Washington Reports and will become effective upon publication.

dated at Olympia, Washington this 15th day of March, 2024.

(a) – (c) [Unchanged.]

(d) Lawyer Bar Examination. Unless otherwise provided by these rules, applicants for admission to practice as a lawyer must take and pass the National Conference of Bar Examiners' (NCBE) Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) and Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).

(1) Washington's UBE minimum passing score is 270266.

(2) Washington's MPRE minimum passing score is 85, which must be earned no earlier than three years prior to and no later than 40 months after the date of the administration of the UBE in which the applicant received the minimum passing score.

(3) The Bar may disclose the results of the lawyer bar examination to an applicant's law school and the NCBE.

(e) – (f) [Unchanged.]