2.020 Board of bar examiners
II Admission of Persons to Practice Law
Rule Text
(1) There is hereby created a Board of Bar Examiners known and designated as the Kentucky Board of Bar Examiners.
(2) The Board shall be composed of seven (7) attorneys appointed by the Supreme Court of Kentucky for terms of three years, the members to serve until the expirations of their terms and until their successors are appointed. The Supreme Court of Kentucky shall appoint the Chair of the Board, and the Board shall select from its membership a Secretary.
(3) The Board is charged with the responsibility of administering the bar examination to qualified applicants for admission to the Bar of the Commonwealth.
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), 1-1-02 (Order 2001-2), 2-1-00 (Order 99-1), 1-1-97 (Order 96-1), 9-1-93, 8-1-92, 1-15-88, 1-1-88, 7-1-87, 4-15-86, 2-24-86, 7-5-85, 7-1-81, 1-1-78, 9-24-75, 3-6-74, 3-10-73