Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE): No applicant¹ can be admitted to the Bar in New York without successfully completing both the New York State bar examination and the MPRE. The MPRE can be taken before or after the bar examination. The MPRE passing score is set by the individual jurisdictions³ requiring that examination. In New York, any applicant who took the MPRE prior to 2002 and attained⁴ a scaled score of 72 will be considered as having met the requirement. Commencing with the March 2002 MPRE, the passing score in New York is a scaled score of 85. Any applicant who did not designate New York as the jurisdiction² to which the applicant s score should be reported at the time of taking the MPRE must have an official score report sent to the Board by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), MPRE Records Dept., P.O. Box 451, Iowa City, IA 52243, telephone (319) 337-1304.

　　Since October 1994, Section 520.12 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals has required applicants⁵ to file the materials required for admission to the Bar within three years from the date of the initial letter sent by the Board of Law Examiners notifying the applicant of having passed the bar examination. Thus, any applicant who has not taken and passed the MPRE at the time of receipt of notification of having passed the bar examination must pass the MPRE and be certified⁶ by the Board to the Supreme⁷ Court, Appellate Division within three years.

　　The MPRE is administered three times each year, in March, August and November. Applications and explanatory handbooks may be obtained from the NCBE, MPRE Application Dept., P.O. Box 4001, Iowa City, IA 52243, telephone (319) 341-2500.

　　The Board receives MPRE scores electronically, and matches them to our applicant files by Social Security Number and date of birth. Therefore, if there is an error in your Social Security Number on your MPRE score report, or if you do not have a Social Security Number and were assigned an identification number by the administrators⁸ of the MPRE, you should include that information when you make application to take the New York bar examination. This will enable us to match up your scores manually, and avoid any delay in certification if you are successful on the bar examination. Do not notify us prior to making application for the bar examination, since we do not have any means of storing such information until an application is received.

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　　Telephone and Fax Lines: The Board of New York Bar telephone number is (518) 452-8700. New York State toll⁹ free line is (800) 342-3335. The voice system operates 24 hours a day. The Board switchboard is staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Eastern Time.

　　The Board receives faxes 24 hours a day on (518) 452-5729 using a Canon Laser Class 7000.

　　Correspondence:

　　New York State Board of Law Examiners

　　1 Executive Centre Drive - Suite¹⁰ 202 Albany, NY 12203-5195

　　The Board responds to all correspondence by first class mail, but do not reply by fax or e-mail.

　　Dates of Bar Examinations/Application Deadlines: The bar examination is held twice a year, generally on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of July and February.

　　Dates of the next scheduled bar examinations:

　　FEBRUARY EXAM DATES JULY EXAM DATES

　　February 25 - 26, 2003 July 29 - 30, 2003

　　February 24 - 25, 2004 July 27 - 28, 2004

　　February 22 - 23, 2005 July 26 - 27, 2005