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Imported 2026-09-27 — not yet reviewed; confirm with the admitting authority.

How to apply

Admitting agencyOregon State Board of Bar Examiners
Application portalApply online
Character & fitnessThis jurisdiction does not use NCBE's character and fitness services; please contact Oregon 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 2026
UBE min scoreLegacy UBE: 270; NextGen UBE: 615
MPRE requiredRequired, minimum score 85
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 (Legal education in a country with similar admission requirements; membership in foreign jurisdiction where the Common Law of England exists as a basis of its jurisprudence, or membership in US jurisdiction after having passed bar exam in any US jurisdiction; determination of education equivalency)

Other required components

Local law componentNo separate jurisdiction-specific law component required per NCBE data
Other pathsSupervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE): a non-exam pathway to licensure launched by the Oregon State Bar - law grads work in a supervised apprenticeship (with a qualified employer/supervising attorney) and submit a portfolio of work assessed by the Board of Bar Examiners instead of sitting the bar exam; $1,000 initial fee; requires completion of specific law-school coursework (Business Associations, Civ Pro, Con Law, Contracts, Crim Law/Investigatory Crim Pro, Evidence, Torts, Real Property) and either an ABA JD (or non-ABA JD + reciprocal-jurisdiction admission, per source). Oregon also permits non-ABA law study (out-of-state/correspondence/online) for the standard exam route.

Transfer options

Accepts transferred UBEYes (accepts legacy UBE: Yes; NextGen UBE: Yes); max score age: 36 months
UBE transfer acceptedyes
Score age limit3 years

Admission on motion

Allows AOMyes
Reciprocal onlyno
Years of practice2 of past 4 (chart-14) / OSB comity rule states 24 of last 48 months = same 2 of 4)
AOM fee$1,750
Other requirementsABA-approved JD required; diploma-privilege admittees NOT eligible. Oregon's 'Admission Based on Comity' (RFA 15.1) requires 24 of the preceding 48 months of full-time practice.
Official AOM source

Essays & sample answers

Publishes past essaysunclear on official site; third-party (Amazon-published) compilation of 'Oregon Essays, Released Oregon Bar Exam Essay Questions & Sample Answers-Issue Outlines' exists
Years availableConfirm with the admitting authority.
Sample answersunclear — no free public sample-answer page found on osbar.org itself
Exam typeUBE (Oregon retains Oregon-specific essay questions graded to NCBE rubrics per its own task-force report)
Essay archive / sample answers

Oregon State Bar's admissions.osbar.org 'exam-prep' page did not show a public essay archive in the search snippet; a commercially published compilation exists (Amazon) suggesting official free access may be limited.

Fees & deadlines

Feesfirst_time_applicant: $1,000; attorney_applicant: $1,600; repeater: $1,000 / $1,600; 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: $150
Application deadlinesjuly_2026_regular: April 15; july_2026_late: May 15; february_2027_regular: Nov. 15; 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.

Possible multi-bar pathways

Researched examples that name Oregon. Discovery content only — not eligibility approval.

UBE score transfer: WA + OR (Pacific Northwest)

Both are UBE jurisdictions; WA accepts UBE score transfer up to 40 months after the exam (legacy min 260), OR accepts UBE transfer up to 36 months (or comity via 24-of-48-months practice).

NextGen UBE transition — early adopters (Summer/Fall 2026 cluster)

These jurisdictions are the FIRST to administer the NextGen UBE, in July 2026, at passing scores of 616 (CT/ID/MD) or 610 (MO) or 615/620 (OR) — and all begin ACCEPTING transferred NextGen UBE scores starting July 2026 as well, making them a fast early cluster for candidates who sit the new exam first.

Official sources

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Oregon already moved to NextGen UBE for July 2026 (ahead of most jurisdictions) - Legacy UBE final administration was February 2026, confirmed by NCBE PDF (min NextGen score 615, min score note flagged "270†" for legacy - likely footnoted; verify with osbar.org for footnote detail).

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