Rules Governing the Utah State Bar – Admissions -Effective May 1, 2025

USB 14-701 Definitions. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Adds that pro bono work under 14-803 is “Active Practice”
• Updates language referring to delicensed attorneys
• Modifies definition for Formerly-Admitted Applicant
• Changes definition of an “Unapproved Law School”

USB 14-702. Board – general powers. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-703. Qualifications for admission of Student Applicants. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-704. Qualifications for admission of Attorney Applicants. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Changes active practice of law requirement for applicants from Unapproved law schools
• Changes the active practice of law requirement for applicants from foreign law schools

USB 14-705. Admission by motion. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-706. Test accommodations. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-707. Application; deadlines; withdrawals; postponements and fees. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Modifies the background investigation requirements to allow Admissions Committee to prescribe method of investigations
• Removes late filing deadlines for examinees
• Gives Deputy General Counsel or the Character and Fitness Committee authority to keep an application open for more than one year

USB 14-708. Character and fitness. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Adds language to reflect the position of financial obligations in the review of an applicant’s character and fitness

USB 14-709. Application denial. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-711. Grading and passing the Bar Examination. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Adds language about appeal process specifically for paragraph (f)

USB 14-712. Qualifications for admission based on UBE. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-713.  MPRE. Amend. 

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-714. Unsuccessful Applicants disclosure and right of inspection. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-715. Requests for Review. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-716. License fees; enrollment fees; oath and admission. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Updates information to match the current relationship of admissions to the Utah Supreme Court and the District Court for the District of Utah

USB 14-717. Readmission of Utah attorneys after resignation with discipline, administrative suspension for three or more years, resignation with discipline, or delicensure. Amend.

• Updated title of rule for consistency
• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Changes requirement that a Formerly-Admitted Attorney applying under Rule 14-704 does not need to retake the bar examination but must complete the New Lawyer Training Program

USB 14-718. Licensing of Foreign Legal Consultants. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-719. Qualifications for admission of House Counsel Applicants. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency
• Adds language indicating that House Counsel can not use lack of notice from the Bar as a defense to continuing to practice as House Counsel after authorization has ceased based on a triggering event

USB 14-720. Confidentiality. Amend.

• Removes language allowing Bar to disclose names of Applicants
• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB 14-721. Admission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

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