The State Board of Law Examiners and the bar admissions process are governed by Title 19, Chapters 100 and 200 of the Maryland Rules.
Maryland Bar Admission Rules on government.westlaw.com
Rules of the Board (Word) (PDF)
Pursuant to amended Maryland Rule 19-102(d), effective October 1, 2024, the Rules of the Board are hereby posted on the Board’s page of the Judiciary Website.
Amended Board Rule 10 (Application/Examination Misconduct) (Word) (PDF)
Pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-102(d), the State Board of Law Examiners gives notice that, on September 10, 2025, the State Board of Law Examiners approved amendments to Board Rule 10, which defines as misconduct when any individual reverses, charges back, or disputes any credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment, or stops payment on any check, for any fee described in Board Rule 1, without the express prior approval of the SBLE.
The amendment will be effective October 26, 2025.
Bar admission rules for applicants who pass(ed) a Maryland General Bar Exam or Maryland Out-of-State Attorney’s Exam given before March 1, 2019
The bar admissions process for Maryland bar applicants and petitioners who pass or have passed a Maryland General Bar Examination or Maryland Out-of-State Attorney’s Examination administered prior to March 1, 2019 (i.e., individuals who pass their exam in February 2019 or passed an exam in July 2018 or earlier) shall be governed by Maryland Rules 19-101 to 19-105 and Maryland Rules 19-201 to 19-213 and the Rules of the Board that are set forth in the 178th Rules Committee Report, Part III, and enacted by the Court’s Rule’s Order of June 6, 2016. Those Rules may be found HERE at pages 8-65 (Court Rules) and pages 87-106 (Board Rules). After March 1, 2019, these Rules will continue to govern each such applicant and petitioner until he or she is admitted, or is denied admission pursuant to Rule 19-204 or Rule 19-216(e), or withdraws the application or petition pursuant to Rule 19-202(b) or Rule 19-216(e)(3), or whose application has lapsed pursuant to Rule 19-214(e). An applicant described in this paragraph who reapplies for admission shall be subject to the then-current bar admissions rules.