D.C. Bar Eligibility: Eligibility for the D.C. bar is much stricter than New York for all foreign-educated law graduates.

D.C. requires a foreign-educated law graduate:

• to take 26 credits of subjects tested on the bar exam at an ABA accredited law school. Rule 46 [b][4]. See list below.
• Even more significantly, you cannot immediately waive into the D.C. Bar after passing the New York bar exam. To waive into D.C., a foreign lawyer must be a member “in good standing” of another U.S. bar for the 5 years immediately preceding your application.

 

They do, however, have a “special legal consultant” status for a foreign-educated lawyer who has been admitted to practice in another country and is at least 26 years of age. Rule 46 (c)(4).

See D.C. Court of Appeals Rule 46 Admission to the Bar: http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/docs/DCCA_Rules.pdf.

Subjects that may* be tested on the D.C. Bar Exam:

Administration of Estates
Administrative Law
Agency
Business Associations
Civil and Criminal Procedure
Conflicts of Law
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Criminal Law
Equity
Evidence
Family Law
Legal Ethics
Real and Personal Property
Tax Law
Torts
Trusts
Uniform Commercial Code
Wills

*In its discretion the Committee on Admissions may change the subjects.
November 12, 2009

Revised November 13, 2009 (MBJ)