Basic Requirements for the Bar Examination:
Bachelor Degree from an accredited institution.Doctorate of Jurisprudence from an ABA approved law
school or a law school in Tennessee approved by the Tennessee Board of
Law Examiners
Basic Requirements for Admission Without Examination (Comity):
Bachelor Degree from an accredited institution. Doctorate of Jurisprudence from an ABA approved law school. Must have taken and passed an equivalent bar examination.
Must have actively practiced for 5 (five) of the last 7 (seven) years immediately preceding the Tennessee
application.
