Rule 13 Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score

(a) General Requirements. To be admitted by transferred UBE score earned in another U.S. jurisdiction, the Applicant must file an Application on forms required by the Board, pay the required fee, and arrange for the NCBE to transfer the Applicant’s UBE score to Vermont. The following additional requirements must be met.

(b) Age of Score. The Applicant must achieve a UBE score of 270 or higher:

(1) in the administration of the UBE immediately subsequent to the date on which the application for admission by transferred UBE score was filed; or

(2) in an administration of the UBE which occurred within 5 years before the date on which the application for admission by transferred UBE score was filed.

(c) Attempts. The required score must have been achieved within no more than 4 sittings for the UBE. For purposes of this rule, attempts to achieve the required score count toward the limit of 4 regardless of where the Applicant sat for the UBE.

(d) MPRE. The Applicant must have achieved a scaled score of 80 or higher on the MPRE taken within a period beginning 5 years before, and concluding 1 year after, the date on which the application for admission by transferred UBE score was filed.

(e) Educational Requirement. The Applicant must meet the educational requirements set forth in Rule 6.

(f) Additional CLE and Experiential Requirements. The Applicant must satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 12.