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Applicants must read and acknowledge their understanding of the information and instructions.
INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS - IN-HOUSE COUNSEL APPLICATIONS
Rules Regulating Admission to the Bar in Missouri
You are responsible to read and understand the Rules Regulating Admission to the Bar in Missouri.
Electronic Communications
All information and announcements are posted on our website at www.mble.org. You are expected to regularly visit
the MBLE web site to review the announcements and information posted there. MBLE corresponds with applicants primarily via e-mail. You are required
to maintain a current e-mail address and mailing address on your personal MBLE Registration Account, and to regularly read all mail from this office,
whether sent electronically or by postal service. It is your responsibility to ensure that e-mails from MBLE are not filtered as spam and to add
@courts.mo.gov and @mble.org to your e-mail address book.
Filing Deadlines & Fees
There is no filing deadline for submitting an application for limited admission as in-house counsel. The fee is $1,240. Filing fees are not refundable
even if you withdraw your application or do not meet the requirements for limited admission.
Review the fee schedule here »
Proper Application Filing Process
For your application to be properly filed, you must submit the electronic application, prescribed filing fee and authorization and release form. If you fail to complete the Filing Process within six months of submission of the electronic application, you will be required to submit an entirely new application as if applying for the first time.
1. Application - Complete and submit the electronic portion of your application. Do not submit the electronic application in paper form.
2. Filling Fee - Pay the prescribed filing fee, either by credit card, debit card, or send a money order, cashier's check, corporate
check or law firm check made payable to "Clerk of the Supreme Court." Print your name on the check exactly as it appears
in the application in order to ensure proper credit. Unacceptable forms of payment include cash, personal checks, and traveler's checks. All
fees are non-refundable.
3. Authorization and Release form - Print the A&R form and sign it in the presence of a notary. The properly signed and notarized A&R must be received by mail or upload before your application will be accepted for filing. Your application will not be accepted for filing until a signed and notarized A&R is received.
Once you have submitted your application electronically, you may also upload the signed and notarized Authorization and Release form, in PDF, by clicking on the "Upload New Document" button located in the bottom right corner of your user home page.
Mailing the documents -
For U.S. Postal Service regular delivery:
Missouri Board of Law Examiners
P.O. Box 104236
Jefferson City MO 65110-4236
Certified mail, delivery service (FedEx/UPS) or personal delivery
Missouri Board of Law Examiners
1700 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City MO 65109
External documents - Many additional documents, beyond the application forms listed above, are required to complete your application
and admissions file. We refer to these as "external documents." External documents are documents that are required based upon your answers in the
application forms and which you typically must obtain from some third party. Examples of external documents include your driver's license
records, police reports, court records, certificate of status, disciplinary statement, etc . The A&R form,
PDF forms, and fee are NOT external documents.
External documents can be submitted before, concurrent with, or after filing of your application. While we do not require that external documents be
submitted at the time the application is filed, the decision as to your character and fitness and eligibility for admission will be delayed until we
have received all required external documents. Therefore, it is in your best interest to submit all required external documents in a timely manner,
preferably with the paper portions of your application. It is helpful if you include a cover letter with the paper portion of your application listing
any missing external documents and the date we can expect to receive those.
All external documents, with exception to final law school transcripts, can be uploaded after submitting your application electronically by clicking the "Upload New Document" button located in the bottom right corner of your MBLE user homepage.
CHECKLIST
Required for proper filing of application:
1. Electronic application forms completed and submitted.
2. Filing fee paid by credit card, debit card, cashier's check, money order, corporate check or law firm check.
3. A&R signed in presence of notary and mailed or uploaded.
4. Employer Affidavit – Have your employer complete the affidavit (on the MBLE form) verifying your position and employment. Upload or mail the completed affidavit to MBLE.
Required to fully complete application so character and fitness can be determined:
5. Official driver's record(s) that include your history of any traffic violations and administrative actions as requested in Question 2 of the Application for Character and Fitness Report. This can also be uploaded from your user home page.
6. All other external documents requested in the application. With the exception of final law school transcripts, all external documents can be uploaded as individual documents from your user home page.
Required to fully complete your file so eligibility for admission can be determined:
7. Official transcript showing date your J.D. degree was awarded mailed directly to the Board's office from the law school or emailed directly from the law school to transcripts@courts.mo.gov. No "issued to student" transcript will be accepted.
8. Certified birth certificate, certified Consular Report of Birth, a copy of Certificate of Citizenship evidencing your status as U.S.
citizen, or a legible copy of both sides of the US. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) document evidencing your status as a naturalized
citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. This can also be uploaded from your user home page.
9. A Certificate of Status from the licensing authority and a Disciplinary History Statement from the disciplinary authority of each
U.S. jurisdiction (state, territory or the District of Columbia) or foreign jurisdiction where you currently are or ever have been admitted to practice
law as requested in Question 9 of the Application for Character and Fitness Report. The statement from the disciplinary authority must include a verification that you are not the subject of any pending disciplinary complaints. If the jurisdiction is foreign and the documents are not in English, submit an English translation and satisfactory proof of the accuracy of the translation.
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