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2.008 Confidentiality

II Admission of Persons to Practice Law

An applicant is entitled to receive his or her test scores and/or any items approved for release by the National Conference of Bar Examiners upon written request and without charge. The Office of Bar Admissions shall not disclose to anyone other than an applicant any information with respect to the character and fitness investigation or the examination results of any applicant except:

(a) upon written authority of such applicant and upon payment of any fees required by the Board for copies of such reports;

(b) in response to a valid subpoena from a Court of competent jurisdiction;

(c) to the Director, Kentucky Bar Association;

(d) upon request by a disciplinary enforcement agency or a Character and Fitness Committee or equivalent body of any jurisdiction, relating to an investigation of the applicant; or

(e) to the National Conference of Bar Examiners for purposes of scoring examinations and to certify and transfer an applicant's examination scores to other jurisdictions upon request by the applicant.

Note: Former Rules of Appellate Procedure (RAP) were amended and redesignated as Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR) by Order of the Supreme Court effective January 1, 1978. Prior Rules of the Court of Appeals (RCA) had been redesignated as Rules of Appellate Procedure effective March 12, 1976.

Amendment history: Amended by Order 2025-6, eff. 1-5-25; prior amendments eff. 9-1-20 (Order 2020-60), 1-1-18 (Order 2017-18); adopted by Order 2001-2, eff. 1-1-02