Rule 72 Review when applicant not recommended for failure to meet character, other standards

1. If an applicant is notified that the applicant has failed to qualify in any particular basis other than failure to pass the components of the licensing examination or the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, the applicant shall have the burden of proof to satisfy the court that the applicant should be admitted.

2. If an applicant has failed to qualify in the opinion of the board of bar examiners by reason of failure to meet the character standards required by the board of bar examiners, the applicant shall be entitled to review all of the reports except confidential reports regarding the applicant’s character submitted by the board of bar examiners.

3. The board of bar examiners reserves the right to base its opinion regarding an applicant’s character upon confidential reports, provided such reports are reduced to writing and submitted to the court for its confidential information.