Printer-friendly versionInstructions for Application for Admission to the Bar of the Central District of California
In order to practice in the U. S. District Court or Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, you must be admitted to the Bar of this Court. A prerequisite to such admission is your admission to the State Bar of California.
Admissions may be online or by mail.
Attorney Admission Fee
Attorney admission and pro hac vice appearance fee amounts are available in the Schedule of Fees (form G-72).
Online Admission
Admission by Mail
To be admitted to the District Court by mail, you must complete an Application for Admission to the Bar of the Central District of California (form G-60). The application shall be returned to this office, along with the fee in the form of a cashier’s check, certified bank check, business or corporate check, money order drawn on a major American bank or the United States Postal Service, or any government issued check. Make checks payable to Clerk, U. S. District Court. Credit/Debit cards are also accepted (Mastercard/Visa, Discover, American Express). Credit/Debit card payments must be made in person and can be made at all payment windows where receipts are issued. Personal checks are not accepted. This fee is authorized under 28 U.S.C. § 1914. The application and fee are to be mailed to:
Attn: Fiscal Section - Attorney Admissions
United States District Court
Central District of California
312 North Spring Street, Room 529
Los Angeles, CA 90012
This Court requires that you certify you are familiar with the Local Civil Rules, the Local Criminal Rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence and the General Order Authorizing Electronic Filing. Copies of all of the Local Rules for the Central District can be obtained from the Los Angeles Daily Journal, 915 East First Street, Los Angeles 90012, (213) 229-5300, and the Metropolitan News Enterprise, 210 South Spring Street, Los Angeles 90012, (213) 628-4384.
If you were recently admitted to the State Bar of California and haven’t received your bar number, or if you are participating in a joint admission ceremony with the California and federal bar for this Court, indicate “Pending” in the space for the bar number.
Your admission certificate should be mailed to you between four and six weeks of receipt by the Clerk's Office. If you do not receive your certificate, please call the Attorney Admissions Clerk at (213) 894-2085 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Admission to practice in this Court is effective only upon the Fiscal Section's receipt of your application and fee.
Admission by Personal Appearance
Individual admission ceremonies before a district or magistrate judge must be arranged with the Attorney Admissions Clerk. However, the Attorney Admissions Clerk does not confirm scheduled admission ceremonies before a judge. Your application and fee must be delivered immediately to the Clerk’s Office for the Division where the ceremony is held. If the ceremony is held after business hours, the application and fee shall be delivered to the Clerk’s Office the next business day.
If you take the oath of admission at a joint or federal bar ceremony for this Court, a completed application and fee must be mailed to the Clerk’s Office at the above-mentioned address.
Admission to practice in this Court is effective only upon the Fiscal Section's receipt of your application and fee.