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Category: Temporary Amendment to Bar Admission Procedures

Posted: April 22, 2020

Order for Temporary Amendments to Bar Admission Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak – Effective April 21, 2020

The Utah Supreme Court issues the following Order. This Order modifies the Bar Examination passage requirement on an emergency basis for certain eligible law school graduates and attorneys from other jurisdictions in good standing, based upon the Utah Supreme Court’s constitutionally granted authority to regulate the practice of law in Utah, and in consideration of the public health threat currently posed by the novel infectious coronavirus (COVID-19).

Supreme Court Order