2021 REGISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE
Our online registration program allows you to pay your registration fee with a credit card, via a direct debit from your bank account or with a hard copy check. We currently offer American Express, MasterCard, and Visa.
We no longer assess a convenience fee for credit card payments.
The 2021 registration fee schedule appears below:
Active Status
Computing the time from the date you were first admitted to the bar in any jurisdiction in the United States, if you were admitted:
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Before 01-01-2018
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$385.00* |
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Between 01-01-2018 and 12-31-2019
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$121.00 |
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Between 01-01-2020 and the present
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No Fee |
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| Regardless of when you were admitted: |
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If you are serving active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States
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No Fee
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If you are serving as a justice, judge, associate judge or magistrate of a court of the U.S.A. or of the State of Illinois
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No Fee
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If you are serving as a law clerk, secretary, or administrative assistant to a judge who is exempt from the fee
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No Fee
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| Inactive Status |
$121.00 |
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| Retired Status
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No Fee |
| Penalty per month on unpaid fees assessed after
January 31, 2021 (late fees not added until after January 31st, but will include January) |
$25.00 |