Forms

APPLY TO BE CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS

• Exam registration form for 2011 One-Day Examination on Oct. 25, 2011
• Sample post-exam applications (useful from Day One in practice to log requirements as they are earned)
• Petition for Testing Accommodations

Alternative to the Written Exam Certification Application

• Admiralty and Maritime Law (available until July 24, 2012)
• Legal Malpractice Law (available until Aug. 12, 2011)

CURRENT CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS

Applications for Recertification

Applications for the Board of Legal Specialization or the Advisory Commission

Board of Legal Specialization.

Advisory Commission (in any one of 11 areas of law)

Additional Forms

Judicial Service Declaration (See Rule 12.7) to toll certification and annual fee payment for Certified Specialists who engage in judicial service in state or federal court or serve as administrative law judges. 

Certified Specialist Resignation 

EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS

Applications for Approval of Individual Education Activity (for Educational Providers)

Before applying, please refer to Educational Provider Information.

Sample Evaluation Form — To be distributed to attendees of your approved programs. Providers must ask all the questions on California's sample form, either by using the official California form or by including California's questions on their own evaluation form.

Application for Multiple Activity Provider Status (for Educational Providers)

Multiple Activity Providers receive approval to provide legal specialization credit for an unlimited number of programs within a three-year period.  Providers may apply for Mutliple Activity Provider Status  eligible to apply only after they have held four activities approved for Legal Specialization credit within a two-year period immediately preceding application.  Providers may submit their four Single Activity Provider applications at the same time as their Multiple Activity Provider Application.  Apply here.

Other Forms

• Application for Proposed New Specialty (See Standards for Determining the Creation of a New Specialty.)

Contact Us

Have additional comments or questions? Feel free to contact us via email at LegalSpec@calbar.ca.gov or via phone at (415)538-2120.