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For questions about your application status, please log into your account and use the "Create Message" button on your homepage. Your message will go directly to the Staff Reviewer responsible for your application. Please allow 2-3 business days for a response.

For questions regarding accommodations for the upcoming bar exam: dcaccommodations@dcappeals.gov.

For questions regarding the unauthorized practice of law: cupl@dcappeals.gov.

For questions regarding admission pro hac vicerhunter@dcappeals.gov.

For questions regarding requirements for applicants who are foreign trained or applicants whose first law degree is NOT from an ABA approved law school: iwelch@dcappeals.gov.

For other questions regarding Rule 46 admission requirements and Rule 49 extension requests: sshanks@dcappeals.gov.

For technical help with submitting applications click on the Technical Support Request button at the bottom of the website.


Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Phone Hours:
Monday, Wednesday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. - noon and 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


Committee on Admissions

DC Court of Appeals, Room123

430 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

Tel: 202-879-2710

Fax: 202-879-2794

E-mail: coa@dcappeals.gov