Rule 1 - Admission on ExaminationEvery person applying for admission to the bar upon examination shall electronically file, under oath, with the Clerk of the Supreme Court the Petition for Admission to the Rhode Island Bar available on the Rhode Island Supreme Court Attorney Portal and shall satisfy the Board of Bar Examiners that:
(a) He/She is a citizen of the United States or legal resident, of good character;(b) He/She is over twenty-one (21) years of age;(c) He/She has graduated from a law school accredited and approved by the American Bar Association and approved by the Board; and(d) He/She is otherwise qualified to practice law. No person who has failed a total of five (5) bar examinations, whether in Rhode Island or in any other combination of states, districts, or territories of the United States (including the District of Columbia), will again be permitted to take the Rhode Island Bar Examination, and no special order excepting any such person from this five (5) examination limit will be granted by this Court. Failure to achieve the minimum passing score required by the rules in place at the time of the administration of the Uniform Bar Examination constitutes a failed bar examination for purposes of this rule.Amended effective 9/7/2018; amended effective (with the administration of the February 2021 bar examination)2/1/2021; revised 4/8/2024.