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Browse Forms is for VIEWING the application questions. Sub-sections of the application can be expanded/viewed by selecting Yes / No answer to questions within the application. You must create a user account and login to your user home page to complete an application form.

Applying for Admission


Applicants much click on each section and check the certification at the bottom of each section.

Starting the process. Applicants must create an account on-line. The link to register/log in is located on the top right hand side of the home page of the web site. Once you have registered, you will receive an activation email noreply@njbarexams.org. Make sure you check your spam folder and/or permit emails from njbarexams.org.

After you have activated your account and if the application period has been opened, you can begin an application. A complete bar application consists of several elements as follows:

1. The on-line Character Questionnaire (also referred to as character statement or character and fitness form). When you submit the character questionnaire, you will be given the option of paying by credit card. If you do not select to pay by credit card at that time, you cannot go back later and pay via credit card.

Do not send a paper copy of your Character and Fitness Questionnaire.

Until you press "Submit" from the User Home Page, your application will not be submitted to the Board of Bar Examiners. Please confirm that you have submitted your application by checking Application Information on your User Home Page. Application Status should be "Submitted."



After you submit the Character Questionnaire, an Upload button will appear on the lower right hand side of your User Home Page. This button is used to upload documents directly to your User account with the Board of Bar Examiners.

Your application will not be reviewed until your Character questionnaire is submitted and payment is received. ALL other documents are considered supplemental. However, your application WILL NOT be acknowledged until the one page application form and the one page Authorization and Release form are uploaded. It is strongly recommended that you upload items three and four as soon as possible.

2. The application fee;

3. A one-page paper application form, which must be signed, notarized and uploaded from your User Home Page and

4. A one page Authorization and Release form, which must be signed, notarized and uploaded from your User Home Page.

5. Sworn and notarized Affidavit or Certification that you have taught full time at an ABA approved law school in New Jersey for the past five (5) years, earned at least a J.D. or LL.B. degree from an ABA approved law school and that you are admitted by examination in another jurisdiction in the United States.

6. A letter from the Dean, Associate Dean or Registrar of the law school confirming that you have taught full-time for the past five (5) years;

7. A letter from the Dean, Associate Dean or Registrar of the law school which you attended as a student confirming your dates of attendance, the awarding of a degree and the existence or non-existence of any disciplinary infractions;

Your application WILL NOT be acknowledged until the one page application form and the one page Authorization and Release form are uploaded. It is strongly recommended that you upload these items as soon as possible.

Payments. Payments can be made via credit card when the character questionnaire is submitted OR with a money order or certified check or cashier’s check. If paying via "paper," you must attach payment to the Non-credit Card Payments form, which is available on the User Home Page. Payments are non-refundable.

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UNACCEPTABLE forms of payment include: Personal checks, corporate checks, law firm checks and Travelers’ checks. We cannot accept any foreign checks, personal checks, money orders, cash, or other instruments, even if drawn against a US financial institution. If an application is submitted with the incorrect amount or an incorrect method of payment, the application will not be considered submitted until appropriate payment is received. The fees applicable at the time of a correct submission (amount and method) will be in effect.

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You are required to amend your Certified Statement within 30 days of any change to the information provided. This requirement remains in effect until you are admitted or withdraw, or until you are abandoned. To amend your application, go to your User Home Page and select "Amend Application." Click on Character & Fitness Questionnaire under Forms & Progress, edit as needed, and click on “Submit Addendum” on the User Home Page.

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