Reciprocity Applicants

Pursuant to Rule 15-202(A)(4), all applicants must be “a graduate with a juris doctor or bachelor of laws and letters degree (at the time of the bar examination for which application is made or at the time of application for admission by transferred Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) score) of a law school formally accredited by the American Bar Association or is a graduate of any law school who has been licensed in another state or states for at least four (4) of the six (6) years immediately preceding the person’s application for admission to practice in New Mexico.”  An L.L.M Degree, or equivalent, obtained from an ABA-approved school is not sufficient to satisfy this requirement. 

Pursuant to Rule 15-202(A)(4) NMRA all applicants must be “in compliance with all child support and spousal support obligations imposed under a “judgment and order for support” as defined in the Parental Responsibility Act, Sections 40-5A-1 through 40-5A-13 NMSA 1978, or imposed under a child support or spousal support order entered by any other court of competent jurisdiction. If an applicant is not in compliance with a child support or spousal support obligation, the applicant will not be recommended for admission to the bar until the applicant provides the board with evidence that the applicant is in compliance with the judgment or order. If the applicant has appeared on the Human Services Department’s certified list of obligors, the applicant shall submit a certified statement from the Human Services Department that the applicant is in compliance with the judgment and order for support. In all other cases, the applicant shall provide evidence acceptable to the board of compliance with all applicable child and spousal support orders.”

Applicants for Reciprocal Admission under Rule 15-303 NMRA must submit an executed affidavit describing the applicant’s active practice of law for the required durational period in every applicable jurisdiction, which describes in detail how it satisfies the definition of the active practice of law”.  Applicants must be engaged in the active practice of law in at least one reciprocal state for at least five (5) out of the past seven (7) years.

All applicants are required to obtain an NCBE Number.  To obtain an NCBE Number or find your NCBE number: Log into or create an NCBE account at www.ncbex.org

Your final and official transcript must be provided to the us directly from your law school.  The transcript should indicate that the applicant was awarded a Juris Doctorate, with the date of the confirmation of the degree.  We will accept a transcript from an applicant’s law school by mail or by any official transcript service the law school uses.  Student copies, unofficial transcripts, copies of your diploma, and photocopies of transcripts sent from the applicant are not acceptable.