Transfer UBE Score

If you are seeking admission on an otherwise expired UBE score under Rule 7  § 3.05(b), you must submit an Affidavit of Past Practice.

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If you were unsuccessful on the UBE 5 or more times before achieving a score eligible for transfer to Tennessee, you must either:

• Provide proof that you used a review course for the exam in which you earned the successful score, or 
• Explain what you changed in your study approach for the successful attempt.  

See Policy P-4.05(a)(3).

If you are licensed to practice law in another U.S. jurisdiction, you must provide certificates of admission to the highest court, you must provide Certification of Admission to the highest court of each state in which you are or were admitted, and Certification from the Disciplinary Authority of each state in which you are or were licensed and admitted attesting to your current standing and your disciplinary history.  

•  Note that certification may take the form of one certificate or two, but must show the date of admission to the highest court and certify the applicant’s current standing (disciplinary and administrative, with disciplinary history) with the bar of each state in which the applicant is licensed.
• A certificate from the state bar association is not sufficient unless the State Bar is the agency charged with maintaining the official admission and disciplinary records.

If you are licensed to practice law in a foreign (non-U.S.) jurisdiction, you must provide certificates of admission to the highest court, you must provide:

• Certified copy of the record or license of the court that admitted you to practice; and
• Three letters from attorneys in each country in which you are licensed who can verify that you are licensed and attest to your practice in that country, provided: 
  •  The letter must relate to your work with the recommender in the practice of law and,
  • If the letter is from a relative, the relationship must be disclosed in the letter. (Note that letters from an Applicant’s parents, grandparents, siblings or spouse who are practicing attorneys are not permitted). 
• Documents not in English must include a translation to English by a certified translator and be provided with the original document.

See Rule 7 § 7.02 

If you attended a law school outside of Tennessee that was not an ABA-accredited law school at time time of your graduation, you must provide:

• Proof that you became licensed by examination in the state or jurisdiction where the law school is located (such as a score report or a letter from that jurisdiction);
• Information showing that your law school’s curriculum was a three‑year, in‑person program substantially equivalent to the education offered by approved Tennessee law schools and did not include distance or online learning beyond what Rule 7, §2.02(e) allows; and
• An Affidavit of Past Practice. See Rule 7 §5.01(c) and Policy P-5.01(c).

If you graduated from an unaccredited undergraduate school or have a foreign undergraduate degree, you must request a waiver of the accreditation requirement. See Rule 7 §2.01(c).

• For foreign-educated applicants without a J.D. from an ABA-accredited or Tennessee-approved law school, the documents listed in Policy P-3.01(c)(8);

If you received your legal education outside the United States and do not have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited or Tennessee-approved law school, you must submit the documents listed in Policy P-3.01(c)(8). See the Foreign Education page.