Rule 71-5 Application for Character and Fitness Report
Rule 71: Requirements for Admission to the Bar
Rule Text
(a) Application. Every applicant for admission by bar examination, as required by Rule 72 herein, shall file with the Bar Administrator a written application for character and fitness report and shall pay the prescribed non-refundable fee, except as provided in Rule 71-5(a)(1) herein. The application for character and fitness report shall be filed concurrently with other application documents and consists of those forms described in Rule 71-3(b) herein.
(1) Exception to Requirement. Applicants for admission by bar examination shall not be required to file a new application for character and fitness report nor pay the prescribed fee if sixty
(60) months or less have passed since the date the application was initially filed in this jurisdiction. Character and fitness reports prepared for use in other jurisdictions will not be considered.
(b) Continuing Obligation. The application for character and fitness report is a continuing application, and applicants have a continuing RULES OF ADMISSION AMENDED AUGUST 4, 2025 obligation to file a written update within thirty (30) days of any change to any information provided or sought in the application.
(c) Provisional Admission Pending Report. An applicant may be provisionally admitted to the Bar if all other admission requirements have been satisfied but a final character and fitness report is pending. Such admission is provisional, however, and any subsequent decision to revoke admission shall be treated as if the candidate was initially denied admission. Any orders of provisional admission shall be expressly conditioned upon the Board’s subsequent certification of the person’s character and fitness to practice law.