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The results of the February 2010 bar examination were released to applicants on Friday, April 30, 2010. The names of certified passers will be posted on the Board of Law Examiners' website on May 4, 2010.

After being sworn in to the courts of Michigan, you will need to complete a membership application to join the State Bar of Michigan and pay your membership dues. To complete the State Bar of Michigan new member application and pay by credit card, go to e.michbar.org click on “I am not a State Bar member with a P number. Sign Up (click here),” create a web account, and continue with the membership application. Do not create an account online until you have been sworn in. If you desire to complete the paper application and pay with a check, you may download a new member application form. After completing the new member application form, an original true copy, or certified copy of the Order of Admission will need to be provided to the State Bar of Michigan. Some courts provide the Order of Admission directly to the State Bar. You will not be eligible to practice law until you have been issued a P number by the State Bar of Michigan.

Local bar associations are scheduling their admissions ceremonies. We will post information on those ceremonies as soon as we receive it from the local bars.

Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association

Date: Friday, May 14
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: 13th Floor Auditorium of the CAY Building (2 Woodward, Detroit, 48226)

For more information, new attorneys can visit:  http://www.detroitlawyer.org/topic.jsp?topicId=782 or e-mail Mitzy Sharp Futro at msharpfutro@detroitlawyer.org

Visit www.detroitlawyer.org

Genesee County Bar Association

Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Genesee County Circuit Court, 900 S. Saginaw St., Flint, MI 48502
Courtroom: Honorable David J. Newblatt, Rm. 504
More Information: Ramona Sain at (810) 232-6012 or rls@gcbalaw.org
Registration required at http://gcbalaw.org/join/admissions-ceremony

Grand Rapids Bar Association

Admission to the federal court is coordinated with this ceremony.

Date: Monday, May 24, 2010
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Kent County Courthouse,5th Floor Multipurpose Room, 180 Ottawa Ave NW, Grand Rapids
Registration required by calling Debbie Kurtz at (616) 454-5550
Website: www.grbar.org

Grand Traverse–Leelanau–Antrim Bar Association

Contact the Thirteenth Circuit Court Administrator’s Office at (231) 922-4706.

Ingham County Bar Association and Cooley Law School

Visit www.inghambar.org

Kalamazoo County Bar Association

Visit www.inghambar.org or contact Susan Himmel at the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court, (269) 385-6079.

Macomb County Bar Association

Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Visit www.macombbar.org or call Tracy Stabryla (586) 468-2940.

Oakland County Bar Association

The Oakland County Bar Association will hold one Lawyer Admission Ceremony
with judges sitting en banc, Chief Judge Nanci J. Grant presiding.

Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 11:45 a.m.
Registration is required at www.ocba.org or call Jan Anson at (248) 334-3400

Saginaw County

Contact Chief Judge Robert L. Kaczmarek, (989) 790-5478, or other circuit judge of choice.

Washtenaw County Bar Association

Date: Friday, May 21, 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Washtenaw County Courthouse, 101 E. Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Courtroom: Honorable Donald E. Shelton, Chief Judge 2nd Floor
Registration: Please contact Court Services - (734) 222-3001
Additional information: Contact the WCBA office at (734) 994-4912

Visit www.washbar.org