Updated: Jan. 22, 2021

Admission Requirements and Lawyer Bar Exam Results

Applicants must complete all of the requirements through the online admissions site. See the New Admittee Process Instructions for more information.

After an applicant has met all the requirements for admission, the applicant will be recommended to the Washington Supreme Court for admission to the practice of law in Washington. Upon receipt of the Admission Order from the Court, the WSBA will assign the new member a license number and send the member by mail a Bar card and a certificate from the Court. Applicants are not permitted to practice as a lawyer until the Court signs the Admission Order.

Applicants who have passed the Washington UBE have 40 months from the date of the examination to complete the New Admittee Process and be licensed as a lawyer. Admission by Motion and Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) Transfer applicants have one year from the date of the application submission to become licensed in Washington.

Find a group swearing-in-ceremony hosted by one of Washington's county bar associations.

 

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic:

APR 5(f) — The Washington Supreme Court has issued an order temporarily waiving the requirement that the oath be taken in open court and authorizes judges to administer the oath remotely or virtually using face-time technology. If the judge conducting the swearing-in agrees to conduct this type of process, please email the judge a signed copy of the oath form for his/her signature. Once all parties have signed the oath form, the applicant is responsible to email a copy of the completed oath to admissions@wsba.org. Please keep a copy for your records.

Lawyer Bar Exam Pass List

Of the 37 candidates who took the September 2020 Lawyer Bar Exam, 14 candidates passed the exam.  Read the complete exam statistics.

The small number of bar exam applicants for the Washington Summer 2020 bar exam is due to the fact that 571 registered applicants opted for diploma privilege as permitted by the Washington Supreme Court June 12, 2020. 71 applicants opted for the July 2020 Bar Exam and 37 applicants opted for the September 2020 Bar Exam.

The September 2020 Bar Exam passing candidates include:

Last Name, First Name A-Z

Asare-Konadu, Akua  | Tacoma, WA
Aziz, Khalid  | Seattle, WA
Bynum, Megan Alyssa | Camas, WA
Carlan, Abeba  | Manassas, VA
Carmack, Helen Qiu | Issaquah, WA
Girtz, Rayna Lynnell | Spokane, WA

 

Hassani, Afsaneh  | Seattle, WA
Hatch, Ian Lewis | Auburn, WA
Hilliard, Klien Donna Margaret | Seattle, WA
Khwanmuang, Kornviga  | Marysville, WA
Kwan, Kimberly Lei Toh | Seattle, WA
Ogden, Olivia Nicole | Baton Rouge, LA
Siqueira Camargos, Suellen  | Bothell, WA
Ward, Katherine E | Seattle, WA

 

The July 2020 Bar Exam passing candidates include:

Last Name, First Name A-Z

Barr, Bridget D | Cle Elum, WA
Barrett, Callan Elizabeth | Eugene, OR
Bevenue, Austin John | Spokane, WA
Birnel, Erik Matthew | Spokane Valley, WA
Bobeck, Cory Lynn | Washougal, WA
Bowlby, Jeffrey John | Bellevue, WA
Brigham, Jake Lawrence | Bainbridge Island, WA
Brooks, Timothy Allen | Tacoma, WA
Calderwood, Cayla Connor | Clinton, WA
Carnell, Katherine Mackenzie | Spokane, WA
Cash, Jordan Micah | Eugene, OR
Che, Meng Yu  | Renton, WA
Cho, Marcia Hyunjin  | Seattle, WA
Comley, Christopher  | Tumwater, WA
Covert, Darcy Catherine | San Francisco, CA

Damron, Neil  | San Francisco, CA
De Palma, Lolita  | Seattle, WA
Dizdarevic-Miller, Samir  | Meridian, ID
Dou, Xidan  | San Francisco, CA
Eldridge, Lauren Avery | Spokane, WA
Endeshaw, Tesfahun Melese | Seattle, WA
Filak, Andrew Thomas | Spokane, WA
Fuhr, Johanna Rose | Liberty Lake, WA
Gabel, Constance  | Tacoma, WA
Gage, Laura Elizabeth | Seattle, WA
George, Emily Elizabeth | Medical Lake, WA

Henson, Tiffany Lynn | Washougal, WA
Higgins, Holli L | Spokane, WA
Hoffman, Kyle  | East Wenatchee, WA
Johnson, Alexander Charles | Houston, TX
Kang, Siyan  | Seattle, WA
Kelso, Christian Thomas | New Orleans, LA
King, Lindsay  | Spokane, WA
Lawless, Courtney Seaman | Eugene, OR
Lawless, Morgan Seaman | Eugene, OR
Layton, Keenan Vardra | Seattle, WA
Loomis, Kaitlin  | Spokane, WA
Lovell, Alexandra Morgan | Spokane, WA
Luna, Myrna I. | Bellevue, WA

Mangone, Robert  | Asheville, NC
Mergaert, Myell Jordan | San Francisco, CA
Mort, Tanner  | Post Falls, ID
Morton, Nicholas Mitchell | Boston, MA
Mozingo, William Thomas | Seattle, WA
Mucha, Bree Johnna | Spokane, WA
Murray, Devin Eric | Deer Park, WA
Nasir, Mishal  | Seattle, WA
Nevala, Alyssa Rosanne | Seattle, WA
O'Neil, Mariah Ann | Seattle, WA

Peterson, Carl Helmar | Seattle, WA
Plovanic, Jacob Thomas | Seattle, WA
Rife, Summer Marie | Spokane, WA
Sachau, Chelsea Jordan | Blaine, WA
Salameh, Shaza Eed | Bothell, WA
Sawyer, David James | Tacoma, WA
Shaw, Ryne Diego | Spokane Valley, WA
Stevens, Rory Lawrence | Seattle, WA
Stonecipher, Dylan  | Austin, TX
Vranizan, Frederick William | Shoreline, WA
Wilhelm, Lucy Blair | Seattle, WA
Yerigan, Alexandra Katherine | Stanwood, WA

Please Note : All applicants are subject to a character and fitness review prior to being admitted to practice law in Washington.  Factors considered by Admissions staff and Bar Counsel when determining whether an applicant should be referred to the Character and Fitness Board are set forth in Washington Supreme Court Admission and Practice Rules (APR)  20-24.2(a). 

Any discrepancy or conflict between the information provided here and the rules and regulations set by the Washington Supreme Court, or the Bylaws and policies of the Washington State Bar Association, is unintentional and will be resolved in favor of strict compliance with the rules, regulations, Bylaws and policies.