The State Bar issues a single-page Certificate of Standing to verify an attorney's name, bar number, admission date, current status, any name or status changes. Certificates of Standing.Read all the information below prior to placing your order as the ordering options and delivery types have changed. Certificates of good standing must be requested from the Appellate Division where the attorney was admitted. My state's highest authority has sent in my certificate of good standing for the July attorney's exam for me. They also sent me a copy of the certificate. Please include your name, date of birth, NJ Bar ID number, date of admission to the NJ State Bar, and a self-addressed stamped envelope. I got an email from the Ca state bar that they needed it and was able to just attach it to my response. You need to complete two years of college. (2) Legal apprenticeship — Year One.