Rule 15. Applications, Filing Dates and Fees for Examination and Reexamination
Effective August 1, 2026
Applications for admission on first examination shall be filed through the electronic application procedures prescribed by the Board of Law Examiners. The application shall be in such form and shall request such information as may be required by the Board. The Board may require additional information as it deems necessary.
An affidavit of the dean of the applicant's law school, or the dean's designee, to the effect that there is nothing in the school records or personal knowledge of the dean or faculty of such school to indicate that the applicant is not of good moral character or that the applicant is not fit for admission to the practice of law must be filed with the Board. The Board shall provide forms for such certification.
A certified transcript of the law school record of the applicant showing the date of graduation and the degree conferred must be filed with the Board before the applicant can be admitted to the bar.
For an application to be properly filed, an applicant must submit the electronic application and prescribed filing fee by the stated filing deadline. No requests for filing past the stated deadlines or for waiver of filing deadlines will be accepted by the Board or by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Applications for admission on first examination for the July examination must be filed by April 1 and be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. A late filing is permitted until April 15. The late filing fee is $500.
The filing deadline for the February examination is November 15 of the previous year. The filing fee is $250. A late filing is permitted until November 30 of the previous year. The late filing fee is $500.
If an applicant fails to pass the first examination and is permitted to take further examinations, the application for reexamination must be made on forms prescribed by the Board and filed with the Executive Director of the Indiana Office of Admissions and Continuing Education by the following dates. Applications for reexamination for the July examination must be filed by May 30 and be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. The late filing deadline is June 15, and the late filing fee is $500. Applications for reexamination for the February examination must be filed by December 15 of the previous year and be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. The late filing deadline is December 30 of the previous year. The late filing fee is $500.
Applicants who have a petition before the Board or an appeal before the Court regarding the grading of the applicant's examination will be required to meet all filing deadlines for reexamination. If an applicant is successful on petition or on appeal, the applicant will receive a full refund of any reexamination fee.
If an applicant whose application has been approved and processed fails to take the first examination following approval, such applicant shall have the privilege of having that application held in abeyance and of taking the next regularly scheduled examination given by the Board without payment of any additional fee. Any applicant whose application has been approved and processed but who fails to take that examination, or the next following examination, shall have that application dismissed. The applicant will be entitled to a refund of one-half of the fee paid.
If an applicant applies to sit for a first examination after the applicant's application has been dismissed, a new application must be filed, a $250 filing fee must be paid, and the first examination deadlines must be met. If an applicant applies to sit for a reexamination after the applicant's application has been dismissed, a new application must be filed and a $250 filing fee must be paid, but the applicant will be permitted to file by the reexamination deadline and will have the opportunity to file within that late filing period. All applicants applying after dismissal must meet the regular deadlines or late filing deadlines and pay the regular fee or the late fee as applicable.