Rule VII Protest of Application. 1. Nature of Protest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2. Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3. Notification: Right to Withdraw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4. Hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5. Withholding Certification

Section 1. Nature of Protest. Any person may protest the application of any applicant to be admitted to the practice of law either by examination or by comity and reciprocity.

Section 2. Format. A protest shall be made in writing, signed by the person making the protest and bearing his home and business address, and shall be filed with the Board prior to the date on which the applicant is to be examined or within sixty (60) day after the filing of an application by an attorney for admission by comity and reciprocity.

Section 3. Notification: Right to Withdraw.

The Bar Admissions Administrator shall, as soon as practical, notify the applicant of the protest and of the charges therein made; and the applicant thereupon may file with the Board a written withdrawal as a candidate for admission to the practice of law.

Section 4. Hearing.

In case the applicant does not withdraw as a candidate for admission to the practice of law, the person or persons making the protest and the applicant in question shall appear before the Committee at a time and place to be designated by the Committee. In the event time will not permit a hearing on the protest, and a final determination prior to a scheduled examination, the applicant may not take the written examination unless the Board finds exceptional circumstances justifying the taking of the examination; however, if the applicant passes the written examination, no license to practice law shall be issued to him until final disposition of the protest in favor of the applicant.

Section 5. Withholding Certification.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Board on its own motion from withholding its certification of the applicant until it has been fully satisfied as to the moral fitness of the applicant.