2.015 Professional responsibility examinations
II Admission of Persons to Practice Law
Rule Text
(1) No person shall be eligible for admission to the Kentucky Bar until that person has first passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners by attaining a scaled score thereon of at least 80.
(2) No person shall sit for the Bar Examination administered under SCR 2.080, 3.500 or 3.510 without first passing the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners by attaining a scaled score thereon of at least 80.
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 7-1-17 (2016-11), 1-1-04 (Order 2003-4), eff. 1-1-02 (Order 2001-2), 2-24-86 (Order 86-2), 3-10-73