Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of Delaware
The 2018 Annual Preceptor's Meeting is scheduled for June 20th at 10 a.m. at the following locations:
DSBA Office, 405 N. King Street, Wilmington (live)
Morris James, 850 New Burton Road, Suite 101, Dover (remote viewing)
Tunnell & Raysor, P.A., 30 East Pine Street, Georgetown (remote viewing)
Limited seating is available. Please RSVP to maggie.boone@state.de.us to reserve your seat in advance.
The Delaware Bar Examination will be administered on JULY 23, 24 AND 25, 2018 at WIDENER UNIVERSITY, DELAWARE LAW SCHOOL, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington.
To file a 2018 application to sit for the July Delaware Bar Exam, you must complete the electronic application which can be found at https://www.bbede.org.
DO NOT open more than one application for this year’s exam. If you are unable to access your application, please contact the helpdesk at (302) 798-7500 for assistance.
See Board Rule 5, as amended, for filing deadlines and fees.
NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS: MACBOOK PRO TOUCH PROHIBITION
The Board of Bar Examiners has recently been made aware that the Apple MacBook Pro Touch laptop is incompatible
with the security requirements of the bar exam that apply to applicants who choose to type their bar exam answers. Therefore applicants are prohibited from using these laptops to take
the 2018 Delaware bar exam. The Board reserves the right to prohibit the use of any other laptops that may be determined to be incompatible with the security requirements of the bar exam.
Please check the Board's web page periodically for updates on which laptops may not be used during the Delaware Bar Exam.
IMPORTANT: Criminal background checks can take several months to receive from the FBI. Applicants should start that process as soon as possible.
Information and instructions for criminal background checks (required for all applicants including Rule 55 Applications) (required for all applicants including Rule 55 Applications)
Application for Testing Accommodations (recently revised)
PDF version of the 2018 application for viewing purposes only
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.
"The Delaware Clerkship Requirement: A Long-Standing Tradition" written by Justice Randy J. Holland and published in the November 2009 issue of The Bar Examiner.
The following information is also available:
Rule 55 Applications:
- Application for Admission to Practice Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 55 and BR- 42 (Admitted in another jurisdiction)
- Application for Admission to Practice Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 55 and BR-45 (Law school graduate)
- Application for Limited Admission under Supreme Court Rule 55 and Board of Bar Examiners Rule 42 (For non-compensated attorneys only)
Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of Delaware
The Renaissance Centre
405 North King Street, Suite 420
Wilmington, DE 19801
P: (302) 651-3940 | F: (302) 651-3939
