Mission
The mission of the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners is to:
(1) investigat[e] the professional qualifications and good moral character of applicants for admission or reinstatement to the bar of New Mexico;
(2) prepar[e], arrang[e] for and administer[] examinations for admission to the bar of New Mexico;
(3) mak[e] recommendations to the Supreme Court with respect to reinstatement or readmission to practice of lawyers who have for any reason withdrawn from the state bar of New Mexico;
(4) discuss[] with applicants for admission to the bar general problems of purposes, policies and procedures of the bar examination; and
(5) administer[] these rules and adopt[] its own practices not inconsistent with these rules.
Members of the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners are appointed by the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico.