Connecticut bar exam: NextGen UBE now.
| July exam | Mar. 31, late filing Apr. 30 |
| February exam | Oct. 31, late filing Nov. 30 |
| Fees | First-time $900; attorney $900; repeater $900; laptop $125 |
| MPRE minimum | 80 |
Dates can change. Check the board’s site before you pay.
Before filing in Connecticut, check the current NCBE profile ↗.
| Rule | Connecticut Practice Book, military spouse temporary admission provision |
| Accommodation | Temporary law license without sitting the Connecticut bar exam for spouses of active-duty service members |
| Duration | Up to 3 years |
| Supervision | Not required |
| Adopted | 2018 |
Confirm current status directly with Connecticut's bar admission authority ↗: this area of law shifted federally in December 2024 and states are still catching up.
The application for the February 2027 Connecticut exam is available October 1, 2026. The exam is February 23 and 24, 2027 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The first filing deadline is October 31, 2026 with a $900 fee, and the final filing deadline is November 30, 2026 with a $1,000 fee. The Committee states that filing deadlines are final and that no applications will be accepted after November 30, 2026.
A petition for non-standard testing must be filed in full by November 30, 2026, by mail or in person, and cannot be filed online.
Source: February 2027 Bar Exam ↗
Under Article III-1(D) of the Committee's Regulations, effective October 27, 2025, an applicant with four or more unsuccessful attempts on the Connecticut bar exam may file an application only for the February exam. The Committee adopted the rule because of the growing number of July applicants and to manage its resources and workload, and it hopes repeat applicants will use the extra time to prepare.
Such an applicant is not barred from taking the exam in another UBE jurisdiction in July and, on a passing score there, transferring the score to Connecticut.
At its January 26, 2024 regular meeting the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee voted to adopt the NextGen bar exam beginning with the July 2026 administration. The Committee was established in 1891, and Practice Book section 2-3 provides for twenty-four members charged with deciding whether candidates are qualified for admission. It administers the exam, investigates character and fitness, and recommends to the court those who passed, have good moral character and have complied with the rules.
The Connecticut Bar Examining Committee posts pass rates by law school with first-time, second-time and third-or-later counts and mean MBE and essay scores. For July 2025 it lists 448 applicants and 259 passing, 58%. First-time takers were 356 and passed at 66% (234); the 92 repeat takers passed at 27% (25). Among applicants with a J.D. from an ABA-approved school, first-timers passed at 70% (224 of 319) and repeat takers at 30% (22 of 73).
Two Connecticut schools supplied most of the takers. The University of Connecticut had 91 applicants and a 79% pass rate (72), with first-timers at 82% (70 of 85); its mean MBE scaled score was 146.0. Quinnipiac had 104 applicants and passed 67% (70), with first-timers at 73% (64 of 88) and a mean MBE score of 137.0. Western New England had 48 and passed 50% (24), Roger Williams 22 and 50%, Purdue Global 19 and 47%, and the 30 applicants listed as foreign-educated passed at 13% (4). The rest of the 448 came from dozens of schools with one to a dozen applicants each, whose small counts move the percentages a lot.
The Committee's February 2026 sheet shows the winter exam is much smaller: 187 applicants and 60 passing, 32%. Of the 129 applicants with an ABA-approved J.D., 31 were first-time takers and 15 of them passed (48%), while the 98 repeat takers passed at 27% (26). By number of attempts, applicants on a first attempt passed at 44% (27 of 61), and the sheet lists applicants on their 25th attempt.
Source: Connecticut Bar Examining Committee: July 2025 Law School Pass Rates ↗
October 31, 2026 for the $900 first deadline and November 30, 2026 for the $1,000 final deadline. No applications are accepted after November 30.
$900 at the first filing deadline and $1,000 at the final one, for the February 2027 exam.
At the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, on February 23 and 24, 2027.
Not in Connecticut. Since October 27, 2025, an applicant with four or more unsuccessful attempts may file only for the February exam, though they can take a July exam in another UBE state and transfer the score.
The Bar Examining Committee voted on January 26, 2024 to adopt NextGen beginning with the July 2026 administration.
By mail or in person, not online, with a complete petition by November 30, 2026 for the February 2027 exam.
No. The Committee says filing deadlines are final and no applications will be accepted after November 30, 2026 for the February 2027 exam.
58% overall (259 of 448 applicants), and 66% for first-time takers, according to the Bar Examining Committee.
The University of Connecticut in July 2025: 79% overall (72 of 91) and 82% for first-timers, against Quinnipiac's 67% (70 of 104) and 73%.
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Source: NCBE Comprehensive Guide: Connecticut ↗ · reviewed August 21, 2026.