Wyoming
Common questions
Can a lawyer be admitted in Wyoming without taking the bar exam (admission on motion)?
Admission on motion available. JD from ABA-accredited law school; admitted by written exam elsewhere; 300 hours per year for 5 of 7 years preceding application as active member in good standing of UBE/reciprocal jurisdiction; MPRE 85+; good standing in all jurisdictions
Does Wyoming accept a transferred Uniform Bar Exam score?
Yes. Rule 305 and UBE transfer instructions (02/2025): 270+; no specific filing deadline stated, but Rule 305 allows scores under 3 yrs old, or 3-5 yrs old with 300 hrs/yr practice for 2 yrs preceding application; MPRE 85+; $600 fee to Supreme Court plus NCBE fee; certificates of good standing issued within 90 days of filing; no state-specific course found
What are the pro hac vice requirements and fee in Wyoming state courts?
Local counsel: Required: associate with active Wyoming State Bar member who files the motion and entry of appearance with the Rule 8 Certificate Fee: $500 per application per case, paid to Wyoming State Bar
Admission on motion
- Requirements
- JD from ABA-accredited law school; admitted by written exam elsewhere; 300 hours per year for 5 of 7 years preceding application as active member in good standing of UBE/reciprocal jurisdiction; MPRE 85+; good standing in all jurisdictions
- Years of practice
- minimum of 300 hours per year for five of the seven years immediately preceding the date of application
- Reciprocity
- No reciprocity condition found
- Reciprocity states
- Not applicable: no reciprocity
- Fee
- $600 (plus a separate NCBE investigation fee paid to NCBE; amount not stated)
- Rule
- Wyoming Rules and Procedures Governing Admission to the Practice of Law, Rule 302 and 304
- UBE score transfer
- Yes. Rule 305 and UBE transfer instructions (02/2025): 270+; no specific filing deadline stated, but Rule 305 allows scores under 3 yrs old, or 3-5 yrs old with 300 hrs/yr practice for 2 yrs preceding application; MPRE 85+; $600 fee to Supreme Court plus NCBE fee; certificates of good standing issued within 90 days of filing; no state-specific course found
- UBE minimum
- 270
- UBE score window
- less than three years prior to application; or three to five years prior with active practice
- MPRE
- 85 points or greater (75 points or greater for MPREs administered between January 1, 1999, and October 1, 2014)
- Other routes
- Admission of Military Spouse Attorneys under Rule 306 for spouse or registered domestic partner of U.S. Uniformed Services member stationed in Wyoming
- Military spouse
- Yes - spouse or registered domestic partner of a U.S. Uniformed Services member stationed in Wyoming may obtain a license to practice
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- Foreign attorneys
- Not in the pulled documents
State-court pro hac vice
- Rule
- Rule 8, Rules Governing the Wyoming State Bar; Uniform Rules for District Courts Rule 104; W.R.A.P. 19.01
- Local counsel
- Required: associate with active Wyoming State Bar member who files the motion and entry of appearance with the Rule 8 Certificate
- Limits
- Separate application and fee for each case and each attorney; numeric cap or residency bar NOT FOUND
- Fee
- $500 per application per case, paid to Wyoming State Bar
- Procedure
- Online application with payment to State Bar; certificates of good standing from highest state court (not federal, not bar letters) dated within 30 days before State Bar receipt; upon approval local counsel files motion with Rule 8 Certificate
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On motion
Has engaged in the active, authorized practice of law for a minimum of 300 hours per year for five of the seven years immediately preceding the date of applicationwyocourts.gov
UBE transfer
Applicants who have graduated with a J.D. from an ABA-approved law school and have taken and received a scaled score of 270 or higher on the Uniform Bar Exam may transfer that score to Wyoming and may be admitted without further examination.wyocourts.gov
Other routes
an attorney who is a spouse or a registered domestic partner of a member of the United States Uniformed Services (“service member”), stationed within this jurisdiction, may obtain a license to practice law pursuant to the terms of this rule.wyocourts.gov
Pro hac vice rule
Read the applicable rules concerning admission pro hac vice: Rule 8 of the Rules Governing the Wyoming State Bar and the Authorized Practice of Law and Rule 104 of the Uniform Rules for the District Courts of the State of Wyoming ; Rule 19.01 of the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure .wyomingbar.org
Local counsel
Associate with local counsel, who is an active member of the Wyoming State Bar.wyomingbar.org
UBE minimum score
Has obtained a scaled score of 270 total points or greater on the UBE.wyocourts.gov
UBE score window
the applicant earned a passing score on the UBE at an examination that was conducted less than three years prior to application for admissionwyocourts.gov
MPRE
Proof the applicant has passed the MPRE with a scaled score of 85 points or greater (75 points or greater for MPREs administered between January 1, 1999, and October 1, 2014).wyocourts.gov