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Board of Bar Examiners
of the Supreme Court of Delaware
The 2008 Delaware Bar Exam will be administered on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday July 28-30 at Widener University School of Law, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Delaware. Seating information will be emailed to all applicants during the week of July 14th. Therefore, please make sure your email information with the Board is current. The Board does not issue tickets for entry into the Examination. You must bring a valid drivers license or other type of government issued picture ID. To review instructions and Board policies for the Bar Exam including ExamSoft policies, please click “here”. The “waiver”, which will be supplied at the exam, must be signed by each applicant using ExamSoft prior to the start of testing. The deadline to register to use ExamSoft is midnight on June 30, 2008. All applicant files will be audited in August and you will receive notification if anything is outstanding.
Delaware does not administer a February exam. Delaware does not have reciprocity with any other state. Admission is by examination only, including the MBE.
The application to take the 2008 Delaware Bar Examination is available in two data formats:
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This application must be completed by all applicants applying for the Delaware Bar regardless of if you have applied previously. There is not a separate application for retakers.
Included with the Application are the following documents. These documents are also available separately below (in PDF* format):
- Form A: Request for Certification of Employment
- Form B: Request for Reference Letter
- Board Rules
- Supreme Court Rules
- Cover memo explaining filing requirements
- Bar Examination Information Sheet
- Clerkship Checklist
- Reference Letter Chart
- Application for Special Accommodations
For an additional $100 fee, the Board will be offering the use of ExamSoft to type your answers to the essay portions of the Bar Examination on your own personal laptop. Please click here for further information about the use of ExamSoft. If you would like to register, please visit http://www.examsoft.com/debar.
The Delaware Bar Examination will consist of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), two Multistate Performance Tests (MPT) and eight essay questions on such subjects as listed in Board Rule 12. In addition the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) is required (see Board Rule 8 for time restriction). For more information on these tests, please refer to the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
In order to be admitted to practice in Delaware, all persons who pass the 2008 Delaware Bar Examination will be required to attend the two-day mandatory Pre-Admission Conference. The conference will be held at Widener University School of Law on Thursday, November 13 and Friday, November 14, 2008. Please plan accordingly -- attendance at the two-day program is mandatory.
Preceptor Information including what to do if you can't find a Preceptor.
Preceptor Duties and Clerkship Requirements Memorandum (April 5, 2006)
Law Clerk Schedule
The following information is also available:
Rule 55 Applications:
- Application for Admission to Practice Pursuant to BR- 42
- Application for Admission to Practice Pursuant to BR-45
- Application for Limited Admission under Supreme Court Rule 55 and Board of Bar Examiners Rule 42
The results from the July 2007 Delaware Bar Examination are now available by applicant number. Results are also available by names of the successful applicants.
Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Carvel State Office Building
820 North French Street, 11th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801-3545
(302) 577-7038 * FAX (302) 577-7037