Instructions for the Re-Exam Application

STATE BOARD OF LAW
EXAMINERS
Office of Admissions and Continuing Education
251 N. Illinois Street, Suite 550
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-2552

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR RE-APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION UPON EXAMINATION

Please note: Payment and the application must be submitted according to the fee schedule and date deadline. Your photo must be uploaded per the instructions below before you can submit your application. Your application is not considered complete until the photo is received, the application is submitted, and the following documents are uploaded:

  • Certified BMV report
  • Signed Authorization and Release Form

Make sure you give yourself enough time to submit the application and upload documents that are required for submission BY the due date. Your application is not considered complete until the above documents are uploaded. Documents uploaded after the filing deadline will be subject to the late filing fee. If you upload after the filing date, your application will NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Application for Admission Upon Examination

Rules Regulating Admission to the Bar in Indiana:

You are responsible to read and understand Admission and Discipline Rule 15.

Electronic Communications:

All information and announcements are posted on our website at https://myble.courts.in.gov. You are expected to regularly visit the BLE website to review the announcements and information posted there. BLE corresponds with applicants primarily via the online system. You should use an e-mail address that you can access even after graduation from law school. You are required to maintain a current e-mail address and mailing address on your personal BLE Registration Account, and it is imperative that you regularly read all correspondence from this office, whether sent electronically or by postal service. It is your responsibility to ensure that e-mails from BLE are not filtered as spam and to add @myble.courts.in.gov to your e-mail address book.

NCBE Number:

You will be asked in the application for the bar examination to provide your NCBE number. Request an NCBE number online at http://www.ncbex.org/ncbe-number/. Once you have a NCBE number you will use the same number no matter where you are sitting for the MBE.

Filing Deadlines and Fees:

Review the fee schedule and filing deadlines

Proper Application Filing Process:

For your application to be properly filed, you must submit the electronic application, prescribed filing fee, authorization and release form, and certified driving record uploaded by the proper filing deadline, and any additional information required as listed in the application based on your answers. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted. Your application is not considered complete until the application is submitted, payment is made, additional documents uploaded.


Filing Fees

Application filing fees must be paid electronically. We accept MasterCard, Visa and Electronic (E-check) checks.

If you are unable to pay via one of these payments, please contact our office.


Photo Identification Required

You are required to upload a recent photo prior to submission of your application that is at least 300 pixels by 300 pixels. A new picture must be uploaded each exam cycle. The photo must also meet the following requirements:

  • The photo must be high resolution.
  • The photo must have appropriate brightness and contrast.
  • The photo must be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows.
  • The photo must be taken with uniform lighting and not show flash reflections.

Eyes

  • The photo must show you looking directly at the camera.
  • The photo must show your eyes open and clearly visible.
  • The photo must show you with no hair across your eyes.
  • The photo must show you with no red eyes.

Orientation

  • The photo must show you facing square on to the camera.

Background

  • The photo must be taken with a plain light-colored background.
  • The photo must show you alone.

Glasses

  • The photo must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection.
  • The photo must show your eyes clearly with no tinted lenses.

Expression

  • The photo must show you with a neutral expression.
  • The photo must show you with the mouth closed.



Fingerprints Required for Police Report

1. All applicants are required to submit their fingerprints for each exam session to the Indiana State Police for a criminal history report. The Indiana State Police will send the criminal history report directly to the Board of Law Examiners.

2. In order for you to be eligible to sit for the Indiana bar examination, it is necessary for the Board of Law Examiners to receive your criminal history report (fingerprint report) from the Indiana State Police prior to the exam.

3. If your criminal history report is not received by the Board of Law Examiners prior to the exam, your application will be deemed incomplete and you will not be eligible to sit for the exam.

4. It may take the Indiana State Police several weeks to generate and send the Board of Law Examiners a criminal history report, so it is important that you submit your fingerprints to the Indiana State Police as soon as possible.

5. You will go to https://secure.in.gov/isp/2674.htm and will follow the link to the L-1 Enrollment Services Scheduling. http://www.l1enrollment.com/state/?st=in. If you have questions about the process, please contact MorphoTrust USA at (877) 472-6917. The report goes directly to the State Police and we are not able to provide you with any status updates once you have submitted your fingerprints. You will have to contact them directly.

6. Out of State Fingerprinting Instructions

7. In State Fingerprinting Instructions

8. Make sure you indicate you want the results sent directly to:

  Indiana Board of Law Examiners
251 N. Illinois Street, Suite 550
Indianapolis, IN 46204

If the results are mailed to you, please upload the document and then mail the original to our office at the address above.

Testing Accommodations

1. Applicants requesting testing accommodations on the bar examination must submit an Application for Testing Accommodations.

2. The Application for Testing Accommodations must be submitted with the application for admission upon examination.

If you are requesting Administrative Accommodations, you must upload the form immediately after submission.

Bureau of Motor Vehicles Report(s) Required

• Certified driving record printouts from all jurisdictions in which you have held a driver’s license during the past five years are required for each bar examination.


Laptop Testing

1. The Indiana State Board of Law Examiners is allowing applicants to use their personal laptop computers to complete their answers to the essay (MPT and Indiana Essay Questions) portion of the bar exam. The cost for participating in the laptop testing program will be $110 in addition to the bar exam registration fee and is to be paid directly to ILG Exam360. Do NOT send these funds to our office. You will be notified by ILG Exam360 where to send the funds approximately one month prior to the Exam.

2. All applicants' names will be sent to ILG Exam360. When registration is open, they will contact you via the e-mail address you supplied when registering for the Exam. If you choose to not participate, simply do not register.

3. You will be given a release form for Laptop testing to sign at the Bar Exam.

Please note: Payment and the application must be submitted according to the fee schedule and date deadline. Your application is not considered complete until the application is submitted, payment is made and additional documents uploaded.>

  • Certified BMV report
  • Signed Authorization and Release Form
  • Photo per instructions above

Make sure you give yourself enough time to submit the application and upload documents that are required for submission BY the due date. Your application is not considered until the above documents are uploaded. Documents uploaded after the filing deadline will be subject to the late filing fee. If you upload after the filing date, your application will NOT BE ACCEPTED.