Rule 52 Character and fitness application

1. In order to permit and facilitate the examination, investigations, interviews and hearings necessary to determine the applicant’s character, qualifications, and fitness to practice law, an applicant for a license to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in this state shall electronically file with the admissions director of the state bar, a character and fitness application by the on-time submission deadlines established by the board of bar examiners.

2. An applicant unable to comply with the filing deadlines provided in subsection 1 of this rule may file a late application by the late submission deadlines established by the board of bar examiners. The deadline for filing a character and fitness application shall not be waived.

3. On applying for character and fitness review, each applicant shall authorize the state bar, and its agency and representatives, to acquire from any source any information it may request concerning the applicant’s professional, academic, and character qualifications, which information may include, without limitation implied by enumeration, confidential reports, files, records, proceedings, documents, and transcripts in any type of civil, criminal, disciplinary, or administrative action or proceeding, and further to authorize the National Conference of Bar Examiners, or any other reporting agency, to submit to the state bar its character report on the applicant, and shall agree that the applicant shall not have access to confidential reports, and to other information except as the board of bar examiners may permit. Such applicant shall further authorize any state bar, bar association, or other admitting authority to release to the State Bar of Nevada and its agents and representatives, including the National Conference of Bar Examiners, any or all similar information enumerated above.

The applicant, on applying for character and fitness review, shall consent to the disclosure of all information as set forth in this subsection pursuant to any request by any state bar, bar association, the National Conference of Bar Examiners, or other admitting authority.

4. Supplemental information. All applicants shall submit supplemental documents and information as established by the board of bar examiners and the character and fitness committee.

Supplemental documentation shall be filed not later than thirty days after submission of the character and fitness application, with the exception of official certified law school transcripts from the applicants who have not graduated from law school at the time of submission of the application, which must be submitted no later than six months after submission of the application.

5. A false statement on the application forms filed with the admissions director, or failure to set out information required on the forms, shall be sufficient cause for denial of admission.

6. Deficient applications. Admissions shall attempt to notify applicants within sixty days of receipt of the filed application of any deficiencies in the application. Deficient applications must be cured within thirty days of receipt of said notification. If the application is not completed within the allotted time, the admissions director shall recommend to the board that the application be rejected. The board shall reject the application if the deficiencies in the application are such that the board cannot adequately and thoroughly investigate the applicant’s character, qualifications, and fitness to practice law.