Before you begin your online application:

Read First
  1. Download the instructions and Application for Admission to the Bar of the Central District of California by clicking here.
  2. Fill out the application. Once completed, sign and date the application and the Oath of Attorney.
  3. Scan the application to a single file in Portable Document Format (PDF).
  4. Proceed to Step 1.
Step 1
  • Are you a federal government attorney?
  • Do you want to pay a fee to be admitted to the Bar of the Central District of California?
  • Please click here to read the instructions for filing an Application for Admission to the Bar of the Central District of California by mail.
Step 2

Are you a lawyer admitted to the State Bar of California?

Enter your date of admission to the State Bar of California:
(mm/dd/yyyy)

Note: if you need to find out your date of admission from the State Bar of California website, click here.

  • A prerequisite for your admission to the Bar of this Court is your admission to the State Bar of California.
Step 3