Students will be able to bypass the traditional bar exam and become certified through alternative licensing methods
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Friday that prospective lawyers will not have to take the traditional National Conference of Bar Examiners test to receive licenses.
With these alternative pathways, we recognize that there are multiple ways to ensure a competent, licensed body of new attorneys who are so desperately needed around the state,” Washington Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-LewisThe court also permitted investigations into lawyers to ensure career-long competency while reducing the timeline to one year for out-of-state attorneys to become eligible in Washington.
Law students will be able to enroll in the NextGen Bar Exam, which the court argued focuses on practical litigation skills, beginning in 2026. Until NextGen’s adoption, law students will only need to achieve a 266 UBE score to pass.
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