Graduates of unaccredited law schools can apply for Nevada law licenses after ten years of continuous, active law practice in another U.S. state and passage of an education equivalency evaluation. The William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has ABA-accreditation.
Utah allows graduates of foreign law schools to take the Utah bar exam if they have studied English common law and attended an accredited law school in the United States for at least 24 semester-hours. Utah has two ABA-accredited law schools; J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.
Graduates of non-ABA-approved programs can take the bar exam in Arizona to apply for an Arizona law license if they have actively practiced law for a continuous period of five years under an approved law license from another state for at least seven years. Arizona has three ABA-accredited law schools: the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law; Arizona State University; the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law; and the Phoenix School of Law.
Colorado's attorney licensing rules allow graduates of non-ABA law schools to take the Colorado bar exam, but only if they have practiced law for five years while licensed for at least seven years. The ABA-approved law schools in Colorado are the University of Colorado Law School and the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law.
New Mexico does allow graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools to take the state bar exam, but only if they already have law licenses issued by other U.S. states, are in good standing and have actively practiced law for at least four of six years while licensed. Newly graduated applicants, however, do not qualify for this exception. The University of New Mexico School of Law is the ABA-approved law school program located in the state.