District of Columbia

Registration

Registration for the February 2026 bar exam will open on  Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Registration will close when all seats are filled OR on December 5, 2025, at 11:59p.m. Eastern Time, if the seating capacity is not reached before December 5th. 

The capacity for the exam is 450 seats. Seats will be filled on a first-come, first served basis. There is no late registration. Accommodation requests must be submitted at the same time the application is submitted, however supplemental documentation will be accepted on the application portal until December 5, 2025, 11:59 pm.  DO NOT send accommodation requests by email. 

The updated instructions on how to apply for the exam are posted here.

Exam Venues

The venue for the standard administration of the exam is The Reach at the Kennedy Center, 2700 F St., NW, Washington D.C. 20566. (This event is an external rental presented in coordination with the Kennedy Center Campus Rentals Office and is not produced by the Kennedy Center) The venues for the non-standard administration of the exam are the Historic Courthouse, 430 E St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 and the D.C. Bar, 901 4^th St. NW, 20001.

Concurrent UBE Score Transfer Application

Applicants who are sitting for the February bar exam in a different UBE jurisdiction may make a concurrent application to the District of Columbia beginning December 1st through December 15th by : 1. creating an application account and  2. selecting the Application for Admission by Transferred UBE Score located under  Information and Applications.  A minimum UBE score of 266 and a minimum MPRE score of 75 are required to create eligibility for admission. Applicants by concurrent UBE score Transfer are responsible for requesting that NCBE report their score to the District of Columbia. UBE scores must be reported to D.C. on or before June 15, 2026. Concurrent applicants who are successful on the February 2026 exam may expect to be reviewed for certification within four to six weeks after the Committee on Admissions determines that the background investigation has been completed and that all other conditions for admission have been met.