Mississippi
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Mississippi without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Reciprocal states only. 5 yrs active full-time general practice after admission in reciprocating jurisdiction(s); ABA JD; MPRE per reciprocating jurisdiction's own motion rule (NCBE lists MPRE 75 generally)
Does Mississippi accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Does not accept transferred legacy UBE scores; NextGen status TBA; accepts transferred MBE scores (NCBE)
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Mississippi state courts?
Local counsel: Yes; must associate MS-licensed lawyer whose name is on filings, who attends trials/hearings/depositions unless excused, and shares joint liability (secondary) Fee: $300 per attorney per case to The Mississippi Bar (M.R.A.P. 46)
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- 5 yrs active full-time general practice after admission in reciprocating jurisdiction(s); ABA JD; MPRE per reciprocating jurisdiction's own motion rule (NCBE lists MPRE 75 generally)
- Years of practice
- not less than five (5) years
- Reciprocity
- Home jurisdiction must grant similar privileges to MS lawyers; MS publishes reciprocal list
- Reciprocity states
- Mississippi has a published reciprocal jurisdictions list including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
- Fee
- $1,500.00
- Rule
- Rule VI, Rules Governing Admission to the Mississippi Bar (secondary source)
- UBE score transfer
- Does not accept transferred legacy UBE scores; NextGen status TBA; accepts transferred MBE scores (NCBE)
- 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
- scaled score of not less than 75, within twenty-four (24) months before or within twelve (12) months after the Mississippi Bar Examination
- Other routes
- In-house counsel registration under Rule 5.5(d) for non-Mississippi licensed attorneys employed to render legal services with systematic presence in Mississippi
- Foreign attorneys
- No - Foreign Law Graduate Eligibility: No
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- Military spouse
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Miss. R. App. P. 46(b)
- Local counsel
- Yes; must associate MS-licensed lawyer whose name is on filings, who attends trials/hearings/depositions unless excused, and shares joint liability (secondary)
- Limits
- No more than 5 separate unrelated matters in 12 months; cannot maintain MS office unless firm has full-time MS-licensed lawyers (secondary)
- Fee
- $300 per attorney per case to The Mississippi Bar (M.R.A.P. 46)
- Procedure
- Verified petition filed with court and MS Supreme Court Clerk with clerk statement of prior PHV requests (secondary)
Language from the source documents
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On motion
who has practiced not less than five (5) years may be admitted to practice in this state without passing the general bar examinationcourts.ms.gov
Other routes
requires attorneys that are not licensed in Mississippi, who serve as in-house corporate lawyers, government lawyers, and others who are employed to render legal services to an employermsbar.org
Pro hac vice rule
Rule 46 of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure provides for admission Pro Hac Vice.msbar.org
Local counsel
Attorneys must associate with a local Mississippi lawyer who is in good standing to practice law in Mississippi.barreciprocity.com
phv_limits
“General practice of law” includes appearance in more than five separate unrelated causes or other matters before the courts or administrative agencies of Mississippi within the 12 months immediately preceding the appearance in question.barreciprocity.com
Pro hac vice fee
The fee payable to The Mississippi Bar is $300 per foreign attorney, per case.msbar.org
On-motion fee
Each application for admission by comity and reciprocity must be accompanied by a fee of $1,500.00, plus an additional fee in such amount as the National Conference of Bar Examiners may chargecourts.ms.gov
On-motion fee
Each application for admission by comity and reciprocity must be accompanied by a fee of $1,500.00, plus an additional fee in such amount as the National Conference of Bar Examiners may charge in connection with a character investigationcourts.ms.gov
MPRE
not less than 75 on the Multi-state Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) administered by 29 [page 33] the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). This score must be achieved on an administration of the MPRE within twenty-four (24) months before or within twelve (12) monthscourts.ms.gov