D.P.R. Loc. Civ. R. 83C

(a) District Examination Committee.

The chief judge or his or her designee, together with up to nine (9) members in good

standing of the bar of this court appointed by the active district judges of this c ourt, shall

develop a testing format and administer a District Bar Examination. The members shall be

appointed for staggered terms of three (3) years, except that initial appointments shall be for one,

two and three years, so that the term of three members shall expire each year and membership shall

rotate with continuity. Upon expiration, an appointment may be renewed or filled by the c ourt,

as appropriate, provided that the same member does not serve continuously for more than two (2)

regular terms. The court shall designate one member to chair the Committee. Five members of the

Committee shall constitute a quorum.

(b) Exam Format.

The examination shall test candidates’ knowledge of eight (8) separate subject areas:

Federal Civil Procedure, Federal Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction and Venue, Federal Criminal

Procedure, Federal Appellate Procedure, Bankruptcy, Local Rules, and Ethics. The examination

shall include a mandatory essay question to verify candidates’ certification of the ability to read,

write, and understand the English language. The examination shall be administered twice each

year.

(c) Application.

Applicants to take the district bar examination shall file an application available at the

clerk’s office or on the court’s website, www.prd.uscourts.gov, or transmit it online within the

deadline for the prescribed application period. The application form must be accompanied, or

supplemented, within that period, with payment of the prescribed non-refundable examination fee

(payable in cash, or b y check or money order made to “Clerk, U.S. District Court”), and evidence

of admission to the bar of any United States court or of the highest court of a state, the District of

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States.

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