Supreme Court Group Admission Swearing-In Ceremony

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is pleased to provide an opportunity for alumni to apply for admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. Our next group admission ceremony will take place April 27, 2022. Alumni who have been practicing member of the highest court of a U.S. state for a minimum prior of three years (immediately before the date of application) and have not been subject to any adverse disciplinary action pronounced or in effect during that 3-year period, and appear to the Court to be of good moral and professional character, are eligible to apply.

Completed applications will be accepted from the first 12 alumni who submit their Form of Intent through October 1, 2021. After that date, materials will be accepted from alumni on the waiting list.

NOTE: Due to COVID-19, applicants from the 2020 group admission have been moved to 2022; FOUR spots remain for our upcoming ceremony. 

Your space is officially reserved when you have receive a confirmation email from the Office of Alumni Relations upon receipt of all materials. A completed application must include all of the following: Completed Bar Application, Endorsements, Certificate of Good Standing, and a check in the amount of $200 made out to the Supreme Court of the United States (postdated for the date of admission.)

Each participant is permitted to bring one guest into the Supreme Court to witness the swearing-in. There are no exceptions to this rule. Children under the age of 6 are not admitted into the courtroom.