Rule IX Records and Confidentiality

A. Bar admission application files are confidential. Only the Montana Supreme Court, the Bar Admissions Administrator, the Commission on Character and Fitness, and the Board of Bar Examiners may have access to information in the files, unless otherwise provided in the Character and Fitness Rules of Procedure and the Montana Board of Bar Examiners’ Rules. An applicant’s bar admission application file must be maintained for at least five years from the date of the Bar Admissions Administrator’s last action in the file after which, if no litigation is pending concerning the application, the file may be destroyed. B. Bar examination materials are confidential. Only the Montana Supreme Court, the Bar Admissions Administrator, the National Conference of Bar Examiners, and the Board of Bar Examiners may have access to the materials, unless otherwise provided by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, and the Board of Bar Examiners’ Rules. An applicant’s bar examination materials must be retained for two years from the date of the Bar Admissions Administrator’s last action in the file after which, if no litigation is pending, the materials must be destroyed.