In Re Bar of Arkansas Annual License Fees
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Opinion
Cite as 2025 Ark. 173 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS Opinion Delivered: November 6, 2025
IN RE BAR OF ARKANSAS ANNUAL LICENSE FEES
PER CURIAM
The annual license fees for the Bar of Arkansas were previously increased by a per
curiam issued on November 1, 2001. See In re Bar of Ark. License Fees, 346 Ark. App’x 574
(2001). On January 1, 2008, the second phase of that fee increase was implemented. It has
now been more than seventeen years since the last increase in license fees. The court has
reviewed and considered the existing and expected needs for the programs administered
from the funds of the Bar of Arkansas;1 average license fees in surrounding states; and
increased court-modernization expenses. Based on these factors, the court must increase
license fees.
1 The Bar of Arkansas budget funds the following programs: Office of Professional Programs for the Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, The Client Security Fund, Arkansas Access to Justice Commission, and general administrative expenses. Commencing on January 1, 2026, the new fee schedule for the Bar of Arkansas shall
be as follows: The annual license fee shall be $250 for lawyers who have been licensed for
three or more years. The annual license fee for new enrollees who have been licensed for
less than three years shall be $175. Lawyers who are sixty-five years of age or older on or
before January 1 of the year for which license fees are payable shall pay $25 per year.
Commencing on January 1, 2027, the second phase of the fee increase will be
implemented: The annual license fee shall be $300 for lawyers who have been licensed for
three or more years. The annual license fee for new enrollees who have been licensed for
less than three years shall be $225. Lawyers who are sixty-five years of age or older on or
before January 1 of the year for which license fees are payable shall pay $30 per year.
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