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As amended through October 31, 2024
Section 5 - Qualifications for Examination Applicants

An application for admission to the Bar by examination may be filed by an individual who:

A. is 21 years of age:
B. has received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or has received credit for the requirements of the first three (3) years of college work from a college or university offering an integrated six-year prelaw and law course, and has completed his law course at a college or university offering such an integrated six-year course; and
C. (1) has successfully completed, or (2) at the time of taking the bar examination, will be within sixty (60) days of completion of, a general course of study of law in a law school which is provisionally or fully approved by the Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar of the American Bar Association. Any applicant filing an exam application under Subsection 1(C)(2) of this Rule shall file with the Board on a form prescribed by the Board, a statement requesting to take the bar exam pursuant to the above Rule and must request the dean or registrar of his law school to file with the Board, on a form prescribed by the Board, a certification stating that said applicant should complete his course of study on or before sixty (60) days from the date of the examination for which the applicant is registered. At the completion of said course and within sixty (60) days after the exam date, the applicant must request his law school dean or registrar to file with the Board a "Certificate of Completion" evidencing the satisfactory completion of such course of study within the prescribed sixty (60) day period. A Certificate of Eligibility for Admission will not be issued to applicant without the final certification from his law school dean or registrar. Failure to complete the course of study within sixty (60) days of the examination and to have the dean or registrar of the applicant's law school so certify shall render the applicant's results on the subject examination void. (However, an applicant who, as of November 1, 1981, was or had been previously enrolled in a law school in active existence in Mississippi for more than ten (10) years prior to the date of application shall be eligible for examination for admission; provided that such an applicant must have graduated from such law school prior to November 1, 1984).

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Effective 11/1/1991.