February 2027 Bar Exam: Feb. 23-24 Dates and Application Deadlines by State

The February 2027 bar exam is set for Tuesday, Feb. 23, and Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2027, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). As of Wed., Nov. 4, New York’s application period has closed, Pennsylvania’s timely deadline has passed and California’s first-time filers are in a $50 late-fee window that ends Nov. 30. Below are the deadlines for five states in date order, a count of days left and a checklist for this month.

When is the February 2027 bar exam?

NCBE’s Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) test administration page lists Feb. 23-24, 2027, then July 27-28, 2027, and Feb. 22-23, 2028. The state boards we checked name the same two days: the State Bar of California says Tuesday, Feb. 23, and Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2027, the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners says the exam is scheduled in person in Pittsburgh and Lancaster on those days, and the New York State Board of Law Examiners says the February 2027 exam is scheduled for Feb. 23-24, 2027. From Nov. 4 the first day is 111 days away (our math).

NCBE’s NextGen page says that between July 2026 and July 2028 most jurisdictions will transition to the NextGen UBE. It lists Connecticut, Guam, Idaho, Maryland, Missouri, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Palau, the Virgin Islands and Washington under July 2026, and lists Florida, New York, California and Texas among the jurisdictions moving later. We have not confirmed which exam format any state gives in February 2027, so check your board’s page.

February 2027 bar exam application deadlines by state

Status is as of Nov. 4, 2026. “Days left” counts from Nov. 4 to each date (our math); a dash marks a date that has passed.

Date	State	Deadline	Fee	Status on Nov. 4	Days left
Fri., Oct. 30, 2026	Pennsylvania	Timely filing	Not listed on the page	Closed	-
Sat., Oct. 31, 2026	New York	Application period ends	Not confirmed	Closed	-
Mon., Nov. 2, 2026	California	Timely filing	Not confirmed	Passed; late fee applies	-
Mon., Nov. 16, 2026	Florida	Timely filing	Not confirmed	Open	12
Mon., Nov. 30, 2026	California	End of $50 late-fee window (Nov. 3-30)	$50 late fee	Open with late fee	26
Mon., Nov. 30, 2026	Pennsylvania	Late filing	Not listed on the page	Open with late fee	26
Tue., Dec. 1, 2026	Tennessee	Final deadline, per the board’s calendar	Not confirmed	Open	27
Tue., Dec. 1, 2026 to Mon., Jan. 4, 2027	California	$250 late-fee window	$250 late fee	Opens Dec. 1	27
Tue., Dec. 15, 2026	Pennsylvania	Final filing	Not listed on the page	Open	41
Mon., Jan. 4, 2027	California	Final filing and reinstatement	$250 late fee	Open	61
Tue., Feb. 23, 2027	All five	Exam day 1	Not applicable	Scheduled	111

Sources: California, Pennsylvania, Florida, Tennessee and New York boards, pages read Nov. 4, 2026. The printable below puts these rows on one sheet, and the February 2027 printable calendar holds the exam days.

California bar exam February 2027 deadline and late fees

The State Bar of California says the application opened Oct. 1 after 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT), the timely filing deadline was Nov. 2 and the final filing and reinstatement deadline is Jan. 4. In between, a $50 late fee applies Nov. 3-30 and a $250 late fee applies from Dec. 1, 2026, to Jan. 4, 2027. A first-time filer who has not yet applied is in the $50 window today.

Applicants who took the July 2026 exam again, which the State Bar calls immediate repeaters, have their own dates: timely filing by Nov. 13, a $50 late fee Nov. 14 to Dec. 8, and a $250 late fee Dec. 9, 2026, to Jan. 4, 2027. California gives its own exam rather than the UBE, administered entirely in person, with a multiple-choice part of 200 questions.

Pennsylvania, Florida, Tennessee and New York deadlines

Pennsylvania. The board lists a timely deadline of Oct. 30, a late deadline of Nov. 30 and a final deadline of Dec. 15, 2026. The exam is in person in Pittsburgh and Lancaster. The page does not list late fee amounts.

Florida. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners says the timely filing deadline for the February 2027 examination is Nov. 16, 2026, and that all filing requirements must be met by that date to avoid late filing fees. The board’s schedule table lists other dates and fees that conflict with that sentence, so we leave them out; check the board’s page for the fee and later deadlines.

Tennessee. The board’s site announced that February 2027 applications would open Oct. 5. Its calendar shows a final deadline for the February 2027 exam on Dec. 1 (the calendar entry prints no year) and a deadline to withdraw with a refund on Feb. 1.

New York. The board says applications for the February 23-24, 2027 exam were open through Oct. 31, 2026, and describes the February filing period as Oct. 1-31.

Which deadlines are not confirmed?

We could not load official pages for Texas, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Virginia, Washington, North Carolina or Ohio, so no deadline for those states appears here. No board we checked states a results release date for the February 2027 exam. Fees for New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee were not confirmed either.

What to do this month for the February 2027 bar exam

1. Open your own board’s page and note its timely, late and final deadlines; they differ by state, as the table shows.
2. If you are in California and have not filed, the $50 late-fee window runs through Mon., Nov. 30.
3. If you are in Florida, the timely deadline is Mon., Nov. 16, and every filing requirement must be met by then.
4. If you are in Pennsylvania, the late deadline is Mon., Nov. 30 and the final deadline is Tue., Dec. 15.
5. Mark Feb. 23-24, 2027 on the 2027 printable yearly calendar and the November 2026 printable calendar for the filing days.

Law school admissions follow a different calendar; see the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) dates for 2026-27 and the SAT and ACT dates.