Category: CJA014-0705

USB14-701. Definitions. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.
• Adds that pro bono work under 14-803 is “Active Practice”.
• Adds definition for “Alternate Path”.
• Adds definition for “Alternate Path Examination”.
• Updates language referring to delicensed attorneys.
• Adds definition for “Experiential Learning”.
• Adds definition for “Final semester”.
• Modifies definition for Formerly-Admitted Applicant.
• Adds definition for “Professional Responsibility”.
• Changes definition of an “Unapproved Law School”.

USB14-702. Board – general powers. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-703. Qualifications for admission of Student Applicants. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.
• Changes language to account for the Alternate Path as a means to admission.

USB14-703A. Alternate Path. Requirements. New.

• Outlines requirements for the proposed Alternate Path method of admission to the Bar.

USB14-704. 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.

USB14-705. Admission by motion. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-706. Test accommodations. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-707. 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.

USB14-708. 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.

USB14-709. Application denial. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-711. Grading and passing the Bar Examination. Amend.

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

USB14-712. Qualifications for admission based on UBE. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency

USB14-714. Unsuccessful Applicants disclosure and right of inspection. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-715. Requests for Review. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-716. 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.

USB14-717. 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.

USB14-718. Licensing of Foreign Legal Consultants. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.

USB14-719. 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.

USB14-720. Confidentiality. Amend.

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

USB14-721. Admission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Amend.

• General cleanup for clarity and consistency.