Florida
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Florida without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Not available. NCBE: rules provide for admission on motion: No
Does Florida accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Does not accept legacy UBE scores; will accept NextGen UBE scores beginning July 2028; accepts transferred MBE scores subject to other requirements; MBE and MPRE (min 80) required; jurisdiction-specific requirements apply
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Florida state courts?
Local counsel: Yes. Florida Bar member in good standing must be associated as attorney of record; until PHV number issued, all filings including initial motion must be e-filed by local Florida attorney Fee: $250 to Florida Bar + $100 court filing fee
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- NCBE: rules provide for admission on motion: No
- Years of practice
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- Reciprocity
- Georgia's AOM rule excludes Florida lawyers
- Reciprocity states
- None: stated in the source documents (stated in source)
- Fee
- Not applicable: no admission on motion
- UBE score transfer
- Does not accept legacy UBE scores; will accept NextGen UBE scores beginning July 2028; accepts transferred MBE scores subject to other requirements; MBE and MPRE (min 80) required; jurisdiction-specific requirements apply
- UBE minimum
- Not applicable: this state does not accept transferred UBE scores
- UBE score window
- Not applicable: this state does not accept transferred UBE scores
- MPRE
- 80
- Foreign attorneys
- Yes - Foreign Law Graduate Eligibility
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- Rule
- Not in the pulled documents
- Other routes
- Not in the pulled documents
- Military spouse
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.510; R. Regulating Fla. Bar 1-3.10
- Local counsel
- Yes. Florida Bar member in good standing must be associated as attorney of record; until PHV number issued, all filings including initial motion must be e-filed by local Florida attorney
- Limits
- Presumed general practice after 3 appearances in 365 days
- Fee
- $250 to Florida Bar + $100 court filing fee
- Procedure
- Verified motion on rule form filed with court; copy plus fee to The Florida Bar (Bar assigns PHV number, does not rule); motion lists admissions, 5-yr prior FL PHV and discipline history, service on Bar and opposing counsel; court rules on motion. Rules apply to state courts only
Language from the source documents
6 quoted passages
UBE transfer
Accepts Legacy UBE Score -->No Accepts NextGen UBE Score -->Yes Minimum NextGen UBE Score TBA Date First Acceptance NextGen UBE Score July 2028ncbex.org
Pro hac vice rule
Rule 2.510 of the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration requires that the form motion which is part of the rule be filed.floridabar.org
Local counsel
provided that a member of The Florida Bar in good standing is associated as an attorney of record.floridacourtrules.com
phv_limits
more than 3 appearances within a 365-day period in separate cases shall be presumed to be a "general practice."floridacourtrules.com
Pro hac vice fee
The Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice and the Verified Statement require a $250 fee to The Florida Bar.floridabar.org