Supreme Court Rules - Rule 8 - Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary - Admission to the Bar: Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score

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		Section/Rule:	8.09
Subject:	Rule 8 - Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary - Admission to the Bar	Publication / Adopted Date:	February 1, 1972
Topic:	Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score	Revised / Effective Date:	July 1, 2019

8.09. ADMISSION BY TRANSFERRED UNIFORM BAR EXAMINATION SCORE

(a)

An applicant who has taken the Uniform Bar Examination in a jurisdiction other than Missouri and earned a scaled total score of not less than 260 may be admitted to the practice of law in this state if:

(1)

The scaled total score was attained on a UBE administered within five years preceding the date the application is properly submitted;

(2)

The applicant holds a first professional degree in law (J.D. or LL.B.) from a law school approved by the American Bar Association or furnishes to the board satisfactory evidence that he or she met the requirements of

Rule 8.07(d) or (e)

at the time the applicant submits an application for admission by Rule 8.09;

(3)

The applicant files the application and related forms required by the board and pays the prescribed, non-refundable fee;

(4)

The board approves the applicant's character and fitness as required by

Rule 8.11

;

(5)

The applicant successfully completes the MECT described in

Rule 8.08(c)

no earlier than the date the application is properly submitted and no later than one year after the date of written notification of receipt by the board of an acceptable UBE score;

(6)

The applicant has earned a scaled score of not less than 80 on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, which score must be received by the board no later than one year after the date of written notification of receipt by the board of an acceptable UBE score; and

(7)

The applicant satisfies all other applicable requirements of

Rule 8

(b)

An applicant who has a pending application to take the UBE in a jurisdiction other than Missouri may concurrently apply for admission by transferred UBE score pursuant to this Rule 8.09. Concurrent applicants must meet all requirements of Rule 8.09, except for 8.09(a)(1), and UBE scores transferred pursuant to this Rule 8.09(b) must be received by the board no later than December 31 for a score earned on the preceding July exam and no later than June 30 for a score earned on the preceding February exam.

(Adopted Aug. 16, 2011, eff. Sept. 1, 2011. Amended eff. Feb. 1, 2016; Dec. 4, 2018, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; June 4, 2019, eff. July 1, 2019.)