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February 2021 Update

Additional information related to the February 2021 examination has been posted here.  

Public Access to Office

The Minnesota Judicial Branch continues to carefully monitor the COVID-19 outbreak and to coordinate closely with statewide partners including the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB). Public Access to the Board offices is limited at ...

Minnesota Supreme Court Issues Order Denying Petition for Proposed Temporary Waiver of Bar Examination Requirement

The Minnesota Supreme Court has issued an Order Denying Petition for Proposed Temporary Waiver of Bar Examination Requirement and Provision of Emergency Diploma Privilege. The July 14, 2020 Order may be found here.

Order Issued Effective July 1, 2020

The Minnesota Supreme Court has granted the Board’s Petition to adopt the revised Supervised Practice Rules, effective July 1, 2020.  The language of the revised Rules can be found here.

Public Notice Related to Status of Foreign Legal Education Issue

The Minnesota Board of Law Examiners has been carefully studying the issue of foreign legal education. The Board has posted additional information related to this issue here and requests additional input on or before June 1, 2020. You may send ...

Early Bar Exam Committee Files Report

On February 14, 2019, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued an Order referring the issue of permitting third year law students to sit for the Minnesota Bar Examination to the Director of the Board of Law Examiners for further study. On ...