Law school graduates who expected to sit for the bar exam in the District of Columbia next month are in limbo, awaiting official word on whether the test will take place amid the partial shutdown of the federal government.

New York, New Jersey, Missouri and Minnesota have said they will accept some D.C. applications to take the exam even though the official registration deadline has passed. All five jurisdictions use the Uniform Bar Exam, meaning their scores are transferable. The D.C. test does not have a local jurisdiction component.