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New Mexico
VerifiedImported 2026-09-27 — not yet reviewed; confirm with the admitting authority.
How to apply
Admitting agencyNew Mexico Board of Bar Examiners
Application portalApply online
Character & fitnessThis jurisdiction does not use NCBE's character and fitness services; please contact New Mexico for filing instructions. MPRE/character timing: character & fitness application should be filed with the bar exam application by the jurisdiction's filing deadline; most jurisdictions require the NCBE Character and Fitness Application to be submitted online via ncbex.org regardless of whether NCBE conducts the investigation.
Exam & score rules
Exam typeUBE (legacy); NextGen UBE first administration July 2027
UBE min scoreLegacy UBE: 260; NextGen UBE: 610
MPRE requiredRequired, minimum score 80
Education requirementABA-approved JD required: No; Alternatives accepted: Non-ABA-approved out-of-state law school, correspondence law school, online law school (additional: Bar admission in another state, specified number of years of practice); Foreign-educated graduates eligible: Yes (Admission and practice in another US jurisdiction for four of the preceding six years prior to the filing date of the application.)
Other required components
Local law componentYes - jurisdiction-specific component required before admission per NCBE (component content not itemized in source; confirm with nmexam.org).
Other pathsReciprocal-license method (Rule 15-303 NMRA) - admission on motion open at any time to attorneys from "reciprocal states" who have practiced 5 of past 7 years (or NM practice under other licensure rules). No diploma privilege identified.
Transfer options
Accepts transferred UBEYes (accepts legacy UBE: Yes; NextGen UBE: Yes); max score age: 60 months
UBE transfer acceptedyes
Score age limit3 years
Admission on motion
Allows AOMyes
Reciprocal onlyyes
Years of practice5 of past 7
AOM fee$2,500
Other requirementsABA-approved JD NOT required; diploma-privilege admittees NOT eligible.
Official AOM sourceEssays & sample answers
Publishes past essaysyes (via university repository, not the Board's own site)
Years availableJuly 2000 through at least July 2011 confirmed via individual repository entries (article IDs 17-20 etc.)
Sample answersyes ('the best applicant answers' bundled with essay questions, and MPT best applicant answers for later years)
Exam typeNon-UBE (New Mexico-specific essay questions historically; current status not fully confirmed)
Terms of useUNM Digital Repository is an academic institutional repository; specific reuse terms not confirmed in this session
Essay archive / sample answers Essay archive / sample answersUNM School of Law's 'Lobo Law' Exam Archive (https://lobolaw.unm.edu/Lawlib/exam-archive.html) also holds related materials but access may be restricted to UNM affiliates for some content.
Fees & deadlines
Feesfirst_time_applicant: $750 / $1,250; attorney_applicant: $750 / $1,250; repeater: $500 / $750 / $1,250; late_fee_note: Late fees reflected in the higher figure(s) shown for the filing-deadline fields above where jurisdiction publishes a two-tier fee; laptop_fee: $100
Application deadlinesjuly_2026_regular: May 1; july_2026_late: May 15; february_2027_regular: Nov. 1; february_2027_late: Dec. 15
Next exam datesUBE jurisdictions administer the exam on the NCBE-set dates, generally the last Tue/Wed of Feb and July; New York has confirmed July 28-29, 2026 for the July 2026 administration. Confirm exact per-jurisdiction dates on the agency site; NCBE filing-deadline data above is confirmed for July 2026 / February 2027.
NextGen UBE first administration announced for July 2027; Legacy UBE final administration February 2027 per NCBE.
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