Wyoming

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

How to apply

Admitting agencyWyoming Board of Law Examiners

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 85

Education requirementABA-approved JD required: Yes; Foreign-educated graduates eligible: No

Other required components

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

Other pathsAdmission on motion (5 of past 7 years, non-reciprocity) available; diploma-privilege admittees eligible for admission on motion.

Transfer options

Accepts transferred UBEYes (accepts legacy UBE: Yes; NextGen UBE: Yes); max score age: 3 years/5 years

UBE transfer acceptedyes

Score age limit3 years/5 years

Admission on motion

Allows AOMyes

Reciprocal onlyyes

Years of practice5 of past 7

AOM fee$600 (plus C&F fee)

Other requirementsABA-approved JD required; diploma-privilege admittees ARE eligible.

Official AOM source

Essays & sample answers

Publishes past essaysno

Years availableConfirm with the admitting authority.

Sample answersno

Exam typeUBE (no Wyoming-specific essay questions; 'no Wyoming law specific questions on the exam' per Wyoming Supreme Court order)

Essay archive / sample answers

Wyoming Supreme Court order (wyocourts.gov PDF) explicitly states MEE questions 'are graded using generally applicable principles of law. There are no Wyoming law specific questions on the exam.' No past-essay archive found on wyomingbar.org; Board Meeting Minutes (Nov 2024) confirm Wyoming has begun NextGen administration.

Fees & deadlines

Feesfirst_time_applicant: $600 (plus C&F fee); attorney_applicant: $600 (plus C&F fee); repeater: $600 (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: $77

Application deadlinesjuly_2026_regular: April 17; july_2026_late: —; february_2027_regular: Nov. 20; 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 Wyoming. Discovery content only — not eligibility approval.

Kentucky + West Virginia + Wyoming ('reciprocal-only, diploma-privilege-friendly' cluster)

All three combine (a) reciprocal-only AOM policies, (b) 5-of-past-7-years practice requirement, and (c) explicit eligibility for diploma-privilege-admitted attorneys (i.e., a Wisconsin diploma-privilege attorney who later builds 5 years of practice could use AOM into any of these three, subject to being on their respective reciprocal lists).

Official sources

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Application fee increases to $750 effective Oct. 2, 2026 per wyomingbar.org (up from prior fee) - confirm current amount at filing time given this is a very recent change relative to the Sep 27, 2026 research date. NextGen UBE first administration announced for July 2027; Legacy UBE final administration February 2027.

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