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Jurisdiction	Reciprocity?	Major Conditions (Other conditions apply)
Alabama	No	not applicable.
Alaska	Yes	CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WY.
American Samoa	Yes	Other jurisdictions have to reciprocate for American Samoa lawyers
Arizona	No	not applicable.
Arkansas	No	yes, when new admission on motion rule goes into effect on 10-1-04
California	No	Shorter bar examination for lawyers in good standing in another state for at least four years prior to application for admission in California.
Colorado	Yes	Other states have to reciprocate for Colorado lawyers.
Connecticut	Yes	Other states have to reciprocate for Connecticut lawyers.
Delaware	No	not applicable.
Florida	No	not applicable.
Georgia	Yes	Shorter bar examination for lawyers admitted by examination and in good standing in another state for at least twelve months prior to taking of Attorneys' Examination. Admission without examination for lawyers from reciprocal states who have practiced at least five years.
Guam	No*	Temporary admission for maximum of three years for lawyers admitted in other U.S. jurisdictions for purposes of working for Government of Guam, Guam Legal Services Corporation or United States.
Hawaii	No	not applicable.
Idaho	No (except for qualifying Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming lawyers)	Lawyers who have actively practiced law at least five of the last seven years immediately preceding their applications for admission to practice law in Idaho do not have to take and pass the Multistate Bar Examination, but must take and pass the remainder of the Idaho bar examination; reciprocity rule for certain Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming lawyers.
Illinois	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, GU, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NMI, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, USVI, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Indiana	No*	Lawyers who have practiced law five years of the seven years immediately preceding their applications for admission to practice law in Indiana can be provisionally admitted to practice without taking and passing the Indiana bar examination.
Iowa	No*	Lawyers who have practiced law five full years of the seven years immediately preceding their applications for admission to practice law in Iowa can be admitted to practice without taking and passing the Iowa bar examination.
Kansas	No	not applicable.
Kentucky	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, IA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Louisiana	No	not applicable.
Jurisdiction	Reciprocity?	Major Conditions (Other conditions apply)
Maine	No	Shorter bar examination for lawyers in good standing in another state for at least three of the preceding five years prior to admission to practice law in Maine; shorter bar examination for lawyers in good standing in another state depending on passing score on MBE within sixty-one months of the current administration of the Maine bar examination. Maine Supreme Court has put on hold consideration of reciprocity rule for New Hampshire and Vermont lawyers.
Maryland	No	Shorter bar examination for lawyers in good standing in another state for at least five years of the ten years prior to application for admission in Maryland.
Massachusetts	No*	An applicant must have been admitted in another state, district or territory for at least five years prior to application for admission to practice law in Massachusetts and be in good standing in each such state, district and territory. An applicant must be a graduate of a law school which at the time of graduation was approved by the American Bar Association or was authorized by a state statute to grant the degree of bachelor of laws or juris doctor.
Michigan	No*	Lawyers who have actively practiced law for three of the five years preceding their applications for admission to practice law in Michigan can be admitted to practice without taking and passing the Michigan bar examination.
Minnesota	No*	Lawyers who have been, as their principal occupation, actively and lawfully engaged in the practice of law in another jurisdiction for at least five of the seven years immediately preceding application may be admitted without examination; other lawyers may be admitted based on a minimum passing score on the Multistate Bar Examination if they apply within two years of the date they passed that test in another jurisdiction.
Mississippi	No	Mississippi has a very limited reciprocity admission rule applicable to lawyers from other states who have practiced at least five years. These lawyers can be admitted to practice upon taking and passing an attorney's examination. The state a lawyer is coming from must offer admission on similar conditions to Mississippi lawyers.
Missouri	Yes	Other states have to reciprocate for Missouri lawyers.
Montana	No	not applicable.
Nebraska	No*	Lawyers who have graduated from an ABA accredited law school and who have passed a bar examination comparable to Nebraska's, including the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, or who have graduated from an ABA accredited law school and who have actively and substantially practiced law for five of the last seven years prior to application for admission can be admitted to the practice of law in Nebraska without having to take and pass a written bar examination.
Nevada	No	not applicable.
New Hampshire	Yes	AK, CO, DC, GA, KY, MA, MN, MO, NB, NY, NC, ND, OK, PA, TX, UT, WA; special rules for Maine and Vermont lawyers.
New Jersey	No	not applicable.
New Mexico	No	not applicable.
New York	Yes	AK, CO, DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
North Carolina	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY.
North Dakota	No*	Lawyers who have been admitted to the bar of another state or the District of Columbia for at least five years who have been for at least four of the last five years immediately preceding their applications for admission engaged in the practice of law, can be admitted on motion without examination. Applicants receiving particular scores on the Multistate Bar Examination and Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination may also be admitted on motion if their applications are received by the North Dakota Bar Board within two years of the date of the MBE examination if they were admitted in the jurisdiction in which they took that test.
Northern Mariana Islands	No	Not applicable.
Ohio	No*	An applicant must have taken and passed a bar examination and been admitted as a lawyer in the highest court of another state or in the District of Columbia. An applicant must have practiced law, as defined in the rule, subsequent to that admission for at least five full years of the ten years prior to filing an application to practice in Ohio without examination. Applicants must also demonstrate that they intend to engage in the practice of law in Ohio actively on a continuing basis.
Oklahoma	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Oregon	No (except for qualifying Idaho and Washington lawyers)	not applicable; reciprocity rule for certain Idaho and Washington lawyers.
Jurisdiction	Reciprocity?	Major Conditions (Other conditions apply)
Palau	no information available	no information available.
Pennsylvania	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Puerto Rico	No	not applicable.
Rhode Island	No	Persons admitted to the practice of law in another state, district or territory of the United States who have actively engaged in the practice law (including teaching law) there for at least five years of the last ten years immediately preceding application for admission can be admitted to the practice of law in Rhode Island after taking and passing the essay portion of the Rhode Island bar examination.
South Carolina	No	not applicable.
South Dakota	Yes	Applicants must show five years prior practice in prescribed areas; reciprocity statute went into effect on January 1, 2004.
Tennessee	No*	Applicants must meet the educational requirements applicable to Tennessee bar examination applicants and must have actively engaged in the practice of law in another jurisdiction for at least five years immediately preceding their applications for admission in Tennessee.
Texas	No*	Has categories that allow certain lawyers to be admitted without examination and after passage of the full student examination.
U.S. Virgin Islands	No*	Special admission for lawyers admitted in other U.S. jurisdictions for purposes of working for certain U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. Government agencies.
Utah	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WY.
Vermont	No*	Lawyers who have been admitted to the practice of law in another jurisdiction of the United States may be admitted upon motion and without examination provided that at the time of application they have been actively engaged in the practice of law for five of the preceding ten years in one or more jurisdictions of the United States, are currently licensed to practice in at least one such jurisdiction, and are not under suspension or revocation in any jurisdiction. Any part or all of this five year admission requirement may be waived in certain circumstances. In addition, each applicant who at the time of application has been admitted and has engaged in the practice of law for less than five of the preceding ten years in one or more jurisdictions of the United States, is currently licensed to practice in at least one such jurisdiction, and is not under suspension or revocation in any jurisdiction may be admitted after examination as described in Vermont Admission Rule 6(a)-(e). The Vermont Supreme Court adopted a reciprocity admission rule that went into effect on March 1, 2003. New Hampshire lawyers can be admitted under shorter prior practice requirements than other out-of-state lawyers.
Virginia	Yes	Other states have to reciprocate for Virginia lawyers.
Washington	Yes	AK, CO, CT, DC, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI, WY.
Washington, D.C.	No*	Lawyers who have been admitted for five years in another jurisdiction immediately preceding application for admission in DC can be admitted without examination; other lawyers can be admitted without examination if they graduated from an ABA accredited law school and obtained certain minimum scores on the Multistate Bar Examination and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination.
West Virginia	Yes	CO, CT, DC, IL, IN, IA, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NY, NC, ND, OK, PA, TX, VT, VA, WA, WI.
Wisconsin	Yes	Other states have to reciprocate for Wisconsin lawyers.
Wyoming	Yes	Other states have to reciprocate for Wyoming lawyers.

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