An attorney who is admitted to the practice of law in another jurisdiction may be eligible for admission to the Ohio Bar without examination. Each state may have additional reciprocity requirements such as those listed for Ohio below.Please visit each state's page for additional information. To get reciprocity in a new state, attorneys must typically apply for admission to the bar of that state. Completion of Ohio State's Master of Laws (LLM) (link is external) program does not meet educational requirements to qualify for a JD exam in California. California Reciprocity. Ohio does offer bar reciprocity. Candidates will need to have been in active practice for 5 out of the previous 10 years to be eligible for bar admission. If they want to practice in California, they have to take, and pass, the CA bar exam. Do you have to be a United States citizen to take the bar exam?