Vermont

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

How to apply

Admitting agencyVermont Board of Bar Examiners Office of Attorney Licensing

Application portalApply online

Character & fitnessNCBE conducts investigations for some application types. 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: 270; NextGen UBE: 620

MPRE requiredRequired, minimum score 80

Education requirementABA-approved JD required: No; Alternatives accepted: Non-ABA-approved out-of-state law school, law office study, correspondence law school, online law school; Foreign-educated graduates eligible: Yes (Legal education in English common law, determination of educational equivalency, admission to and good standing in bar of foreign jurisdiction where applicant went to law school)

Other required components

Local law componentNo separate jurisdiction-specific law component required per NCBE data

Other pathsAdmission on motion (5 of past 10 years or past 3, non-reciprocity) available; diploma-privilege admittees eligible for admission on motion. Vermont permits several non-ABA study paths (law office study, correspondence, online law school).

Transfer options

Accepts transferred UBEYes (accepts legacy UBE: Yes; NextGen UBE: Yes); max score age: 5 years

UBE transfer acceptedyes

Score age limit3 years/5 years

Admission on motion

Allows AOMyes

Reciprocal onlyno

Years of practice5 of past 10 / past 3 (alternative tracks)

AOM fee$800 (plus C&F fee)

Other requirementsABA-approved JD NOT required; diploma-privilege admittees ARE eligible.

Official AOM source

Essays & sample answers

Publishes past essaysno — Vermont directs applicants to the NCBE website for prior exams rather than hosting its own archive

Years availableConfirm with the admitting authority.

Sample answersno

Exam typeUBE

Essay archive / sample answers

Vermont Judiciary LOS-report guidance PDF explicitly states: 'Prior exams are available on the NCBE website, http://www.ncbex.org/exams/mee/preparing/' — confirming Vermont does not maintain its own public essay archive; pre-UBE Vermont essay questions (eliminated per vtbarcounsel.wordpress.com blog, 2018) are not archived publicly either.

Fees & deadlines

Feesfirst_time_applicant: $300 (plus C&F fee); attorney_applicant: $300 (plus C&F fee); repeater: $300 (plus C&F fee); 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: $0

Application deadlinesjuly_2026_regular: April 15; july_2026_late: —; february_2027_regular: Nov. 15; february_2027_late: —

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 Vermont. Discovery content only — not eligibility approval.

Colorado + South Dakota + other 'no-ABA-grad-required, non-reciprocal-only' UBE AOM cluster

This group of UBE states share two friendly traits for career-changers: (1) AOM open to any jurisdiction (not reciprocal-only), and (2) no requirement that the applicant's JD come from an ABA-approved school — broadening eligibility for foreign-trained or non-ABA-school attorneys with sufficient practice years.

Official sources

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NextGen UBE first administration announced for July 2027; Legacy UBE final administration February 2027.

VerdictUp is a study aid and does not provide legal advice or guarantee admission. Confirm with the admitting authority.