2.050 Formal hearings

(1) In the event an area of concern appears, whether on the application or is discovered during the investigation process, the applicant may be requested to appear before one or more Committee member(s) for an informal interview.

(2) Any member of the Committee may refer an applicant to the full Committee with a recommendation that a formal hearing be conducted. If a majority of the Committee agrees, a formal hearing will be scheduled for the applicant. The applicant shall be given written notice of the date, time, and place of said hearing not less than fourteen days prior to the hearing. The hearing shall be of record and the applicant may have counsel present and may present testimony. The costs involved in this hearing shall be included with costs outlined in SCR 2.011. At the time a formal hearing is requested, the applicant will be notified in writing that he or she may not sit for the bar examination unless a final decision is submitted by the Committee prior to the examination.

(3) A written recommendation will be submitted by the Committee to the Supreme Court either recommending the applicant be certified from a character and fitness standpoint to sit for the bar examination or that the applicant be denied certification of character and fitness at that time. The applicant shall be supplied a copy of the recommendation. If said recommendation results in denial of the applicant's certification to sit for the bar examination, the applicant has the right to appeal such decision, as noted in SCR 2.060.

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.