Committee recommends aligning attorney application fees across admission pathways
The budget and audit committee recommended equalizing attorney application fees to eliminate discrepancies between applicants who file by motion ($970) and those using UBE score transfers ($645). The change is intended to ensure similarly situated attorney-applicants pay the same amount; final action will be taken in September.
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At the board’s first reading on admissions fees, Garcia outlined a recommendation to align attorney application fees across admission pathways to correct an identified inconsistency. Garcia said some attorney-applicants who file by motion are charged $970 while other similarly situated applicants—those transferring a UBE score, for example—are charged $645, and the committee’s view is that similarly situated applicants should pay the same fee.
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