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Rules Relating to Admission of Attorneys

Rule 709
Rules Relating to Admission of Attorneys

ADMISSION TO THE BAR UPON WRITTEN EXAMINATION

(a) The Board shall conduct written bar examinations on the last Tuesday and
Wednesday in February and the last Tuesday and Wednesday in July.

(b) Only those applicants whose applications have been considered and approved
by the Board will be permitted to take the bar examination.

(c) Each applicant for admission to the bar upon written examination shall file a
completed application for admission to be received in the Office of the Clerk of the
Appellate Courts on or before October 1 (for the February examination) and on or before
March 1 (for the July examination) on forms approved by the Court and procured from
the Clerk of the Appellate Courts. The completed application shall consist of:

(1) a verified application for admission;

(2) not less than three affidavits, on forms to be supplied by the Clerk of
the Appellate Courts, from responsible persons attesting that the
applicant is a person of good moral character, or such other evidence
of character as shall be satisfactory to the Board; and

(3) any other and further information as the Board then or thereafter
may require for its consideration of the application.

(d) Any applicant who wishes to file a completed application for admission after
the filing deadline, but on or before November 1 (for the February examination) and on
or before April 1 (for the July examination), shall pay a late penalty fee in the amount of
$200 in addition to the application fee.

(e) Notwithstanding the deadlines set out above, any applicant who is unsuccessful
on the February Kansas Bar Examination will be given 30 days from the date of the letter
announcing results to make reapplication for the following July examination without
imposition of a late penalty fee. Reapplication for the following July examination will
not be accepted after that 30 day period.

(f) Any application returned to the applicant due to deficiencies, pursuant to Rule
713, will not be considered as timely filed.(g) Any application received after November 1 (for the February examination) and
April 1 (for the July examination) shall be considered as an application for the next
ensuing bar examination.

[History: New Rule effective July 1, 2009; Am. (c), (d), and (g) effective December 1, 2012.]