2.010 Requirements for admission to the Kentucky bar
II Admission of Persons to Practice Law
Rule Text
All applicants for admission to the Bar of this Commonwealth must meet certain basic requirements regardless of whether admission is sought by examination (SCR 2.022), by transferred bar examination score (SCR 2.090), without examination (SCR 2.110), for a limited certificate (SCR 2.111), or as an attorney participant in a defender or legal services program (SCR 2.112). Those requirements are set forth in the following sections SCR 2.011 through SCR 2.017.
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 Order 2025-43, eff. 10-31-25; prior amendments eff. 1-5-25 (Order 2025-6), 9-1-20 (Order 2020-60), 1-1-02 (Order 2001-2), 1-1-88 (Order 87-2), 2-24-86, 7-5-85, 2-1-84, 10-1-82, 11-1-78, 1-1-78, 3-10-73