Updated: Sept. 10, 2022

Admission Requirements and LPO Exam Results

Applicants must complete all the requirements through the online admissions site prior to admission.

After an applicant has met all the requirements for admission, the applicant will be recommended to the Washington Supreme Court for admission as a LPO. Upon receipt of the admission order from the Court, the WSBA will assign the new admittee a license number; Applicants are not permitted to practice as a LPO until the Court signs the admission order and the applicant receives a license number.

Applicants who have passed the Washington LPO Exam have 12 months from the date of the administration of the examination to complete the new admittee process and be licensed as a LPO.

Note: Passing applicants need to provide additional documentation before they are approved for licensing.

Due to COVID-19:

APR 5(f). The Washington Supreme Court has issued an order temporarily waiving the requirement that the oath be taken in open court. It authorizes judges to administer the oath remotely or virtually using face-time technology. If the judge conducting the swearing-in agrees to conduct this type of process, please email the judge a signed copy of the oath form for his/her signature.  Once all parties have signed the oath form, it is your responsibility to upload a copy of the completed oath to your user home page. Please keep a copy for your records.

LPO Exam Pass List

Of the 44 candidates who took the July 2022 LPO Exam, 14 candidates passed the exam. 

Congratulations to the Following Successful Candidates:

Last Name, First Name, A-Z

Anderson, Alison M.
Baxter, Ryan Christopher
Duerr, Christie Min
Grice, Kimberly Ann
Grunewald, Kaley 
Hadler, Brianna Nikole
Hartford, Jen 
Leal, Sonja 
Love, Krystin 
Morton, Makaela 
Philbrick, Ruth 
Strait, Dylan Randall
Turcotte, Gabbriell Linda
Valdivia, Tamara

 

LPO Exam Statistics

LPO Exam Date

Number of
Applicants

Number
Passed

Percent
Passed

July 2022441432%
February 2022792937%
July 2021531834%
February 2021411844%

July 2020

29

14

48%

February 2020

51

14

27%

July 2019

59

27

46%

February 2019

76

36

47%

July 2018

109

36

33%

October 2017

85

34

40%