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Note: Please read all instructions in their entirety before completing your application.
- Answers may be typed or printed clearly in black ink.
- Give specific answers to each part of all questions. Do not leave any spaces blank. If the question is not applicable, so state in the appropriate blank. Please do not use “n/a”. State first, middle and last name.
- When using additional sheets to supplement answers, give the information in the same manner as called for in the application.
- Complete Form 18 only if admitted in Pennsylvania.
Documents to be filed with the State Board of Law Examiners
The following documents are available in PDF format ONLY. To view and print online, simply click each hyperlink to open each document. To save a document to your hard drive for offline viewing, right-click each hyperlink and select 'Save Target As.'
- Application
(Standard 07 form) - Original plus six (6) copies.
Note: This document is titled "Request for Preparation of Character Report" and is made available here by a link to the National Conference of Bar Examiners website.
- Authorization and Release Form - Three (3) originals. All three forms must be signed and notarized with Notary Seal.
Note: Indiana Notary must show date commission expires and county of residence.
Note: This document is included the above Application (Standard 07 form).
- Affidavit in Support of Application for Admission on Foreign License
- This form is to be signed and notarized.
- Motion for Admission
- This form is to be executed by a member of the Indiana Bar.
- Statement of Required Practice

- Certified check, cashiers check or money order (charge cards or personal checks are not acceptable).
- One check for $550.00 payable to the State Board of Law Examiners.
- One check for $250.00 payable to the National Conference.
- Miscellaneous Information.
We will submit a copy of your application to the National Conference of Bar Examiners for investigation and report. The report takes several months to process depending upon how quickly your references and others named in the application respond to the NCBE’s inquiry. Allow approximately six (6) months for the processing of your application. Give complete and correct dates on your application to avoid delay. Advise the Board of Law Examiners and the National Conference immediately of any name or address change.
Final Check List
____ 1. Original Application and Six (6) copies.
____ 2. Three (3) Original Authorization and Release Forms
____ 3. Affidavit in Support of Application
____ 4. Motion
____ 5. $550.00 Certified check, money order, or cashiers check to the Board of Law Examiners
____ 6. $250.00 Certified check, money order, or cashiers check to the National Conference
____ 7. Statement of Required Practice
Mail all documents to:
State Board of Law Examiners
30 South Meridian Street, Suite 875
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Renewal
All business counsel licenses must be renewed each year, at a charge of $50 per year, including business counsel licenses held for any part of the reporting year.
Practice time is reported for the year preceding the January 1st date of the renewal form. A business counsel license may continue in force for one year, and may be renewed for a like period for a maximum of four (4) additional years. Upon the final renewal, or when the applicant has met the requirements of Rule 6, Section 1, he/she may apply for a provisional license under Admission and Discipline Rule, Section 1.
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