Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

In re:

Approval of a new paragraph 4 of the Regulations of Board of Law Examiners for subdivision 8.06, entitled “Applications for Admission to the Bar With Examination,” of Supreme Court Rule 8, entitled “Admission to the Bar.”


1.  It is ordered that a new paragraph 4 of the Regulations of Board of Law Examiners for subdivision 8.06 of Supreme Court Rule 8 be and the same is hereby approved and as approved shall read as follows:

4.  Upon written application of an applicant and a showing of good cause, an applicant who has filed an application to take the bar examination in compliance with Rule 8.06(a), or who has filed a late application pursuant to the provisions of Rule 8.06(b), may be permitted to carry forward his or her application to the next scheduled examination without the filing of an additional fee except as provided hereafter.  Any applicant who has been granted approval to carry forward their application to take the bar examination to the next scheduled examination shall, on or before the due date for the filing of an original application under Rule 8.06(a), file an affidavit, in the form prescribed by the board, certifying that there have been no changes to the information provided on the applicant’s application for bar examination, or setting forth in detail the nature and extent of any changes that have occurred.  If, as a result of changes shown on the affidavit, the board determines that a new character and fitness examination is required, it may, in its discretion, refer the application for an additional investigation.  In such event, the applicant shall be notified of the board’s requirement for a new character and fitness investigation, and the applicant shall, within ten days following such notification, pay a fee equal in amount to the cost of conducting the second character and fitness examination.  An applicant who fails to file the prescribed affidavit or to pay the prescribed fee, if any, within the required time shall be deemed to have withdrawn his or her application for bar examination, shall not be permitted to sit for the bar examination, and shall be required to file a new application, with all required fees, if the applicant desires to sit for a future bar examination.

2.  It is ordered that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar.

3.  It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.

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DUANE BENTON
Chief Justice