Order dated February 1, 2016, re: Rule 8.09 Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score

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Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc

February 1, 2016
 
In re:
 

Repeal of subdivision 8.09, entitled "Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score," of Rule 8, entitled "Admission to the Bar," and in lieu thereof adoption of a new subdivision 8.09, entitled "Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score."


ORDER

 

1. It is ordered that subdivision 8.09 of Rule 8 be and same is hereby repealed and a new subdivision 8.09 adopted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

 

8.09.  ADMISSION BY TRANSFERRED UNIFORM BAR EXAMINATION SCORE

 

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:

 

(a) The scaled total score was attained on a UBE administered within the twenty-four months preceding the date the application is properly submitted;

 

(b) 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;

 

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

 

(d) The board approves the applicant's character and fitness as required by Rule 8.11;

 

(e) 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;

 

(f) 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

 

(g) The applicant satisfies all other applicable requirements of Rule 8.


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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PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE
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