Yes the bar exam is required.
Admission to the bar is a state exam. There is not a Federal exam for normal practice, but there are some specialties, such as patent law that requires another exam.
A Bar exam is required only as a requisite to practice law in that state - I know of no other reason one would have to take a Bar exam.
Washington State Bar Association was created in 1888.
Wisconsin
In most states there are two required exams: 1. The State Bar Exam, usually in two parts, the Multi-State Exam and the State Exam. 2. The Professional Responsibility Exam.
"Yes. You have to pay to take the state bar exam in every state that you take it in, and have the proper schooling to even register to take it. Even if you don't pass."
Yes. An attorney who is moving from one state to another will have to re-take the bar exam in the state they are moving to. This is due to the vast variation in laws from state to state.
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After you graduate from an accredited law school and pass a state bar exam.
Please check with your state's BAR association.
Yes. Check APR 18, most easily found on the Washington State Bar Association web site. You must have been in practice approximately 3 years (not necessarily in D.C.), have taken and passed a bar exam in any state including D.C., gone to an ABA accredited law school -- you file a motion, wait 16-22 weeks for the application to be processed by the National Council of Bar Examiners (investigating the information you provided in your application), and then you should hear from the Washington State Bar as to whether you have been admitted. Good luck.