{"id":3976,"date":"2025-03-24T20:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2025-03-24T20:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:12:44","slug":"rules-governing-the-utah-state-bar-admissions-effective-may-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/rules-approved\/2025\/03\/24\/rules-governing-the-utah-state-bar-admissions-effective-may-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules Governing the Utah State Bar – Admissions -Effective May 1, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

USB 14-701<\/a> Definitions. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 Adds that pro bono work under 14-803 is \u201cActive Practice\u201d
\n\u2022 Updates language referring to delicensed attorneys
\n\u2022 Modifies definition for Formerly-Admitted Applicant
\n\u2022 Changes definition of an \u201cUnapproved Law School\u201d<\/p>\n

USB 14-702.<\/a> Board – general powers. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-703.<\/a> Qualifications for admission of Student Applicants. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-704.<\/a> Qualifications for admission of Attorney Applicants. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 Changes active practice of law requirement for applicants from Unapproved law schools
\n\u2022 Changes the active practice of law requirement for applicants from foreign law schools<\/p>\n

USB 14-705. <\/a> Admission by motion. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-706. <\/a> Test accommodations. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-707.<\/a> Application; deadlines; withdrawals; postponements and fees. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 Modifies the background investigation requirements to allow Admissions Committee to prescribe method of investigations
\n\u2022 Removes late filing deadlines for examinees
\n\u2022 Gives Deputy General Counsel or the Character and Fitness Committee authority to keep an application open for more than one year<\/p>\n

USB 14-708.<\/a> Character and fitness. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 Adds language to reflect the position of financial obligations in the review of an applicant\u2019s character and fitness<\/p>\n

USB 14-709. <\/a> Application denial. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-711.<\/a> Grading and passing the Bar Examination. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 Adds language about appeal process specifically for paragraph (f)<\/p>\n

USB 14-712.<\/a> Qualifications for admission based on UBE. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-713. <\/a>\u00a0MPRE. Amend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-714. <\/a> Unsuccessful Applicants disclosure and right of inspection. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-715.<\/a> Requests for Review. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-716. <\/a> License fees; enrollment fees; oath and admission. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 Updates information to match the current relationship of admissions to the Utah Supreme Court and the District Court for the District of Utah<\/p>\n

USB 14-717. <\/a> Readmission of Utah attorneys after resignation with discipline, administrative suspension for three or more years, resignation with discipline, or delicensure. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Updated title of rule for consistency
\n\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 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<\/p>\n

USB 14-718. <\/a> Licensing of Foreign Legal Consultants. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-719. <\/a> Qualifications for admission of House Counsel Applicants. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency
\n\u2022 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<\/p>\n

USB 14-720. <\/a> Confidentiality. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Removes language allowing Bar to disclose names of Applicants
\n\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

USB 14-721. <\/a> Admission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Amend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 General cleanup for clarity and consistency<\/p>\n

Supreme Court Order<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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