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. Requests for certificates of good standing must be submitted electronically through the Court's electronic filing system. For DC you can order a certificate of good standing from the DC bar as a PDF and then forward them the original email containing the link. Click on "Certificate of Good Standing Request Form". This will bring up the request form. Original verified application. Harris took the California bar exam after graduating law school in 1989 and failed on her first attempt. I got an email from the Ca state bar that they needed it and was able to just attach it to my response.