Qualifications for admission based on UBE

Utah Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice

Rule: 4-712

Jurisdiction: UT

Bluebook Citation: Utah Sup. Ct. R. Prof. Prac. 4-712

(a) Application and admission timing. An application may be filed at any time. Processing of the application and the character and fitness investigation require a minimum of four months to complete. (b) UBE score transferability. An Applicant who has taken and completed the Legacy UBE or the NextGen UBE in a single administration in a jurisdiction other than Utah may transfer the score by filing an application provided: (1) the Applicant meets all the requirements of Rule 14-703 or Rule 14-704 ; (2) the Applicant has not been denied by any jurisdiction on character and fitness grounds; (3) the Applicant’s Legacy UBE score from a pre-July 2023 Bar Examination administration is 270 or above, the applicant’s Legacy UBE score from the July 2023 or later Bar Examination administration is 260 or above; or the Applicant’s NextGen UBE score is equivalent to a passing score in Utah at the time the Applicant sat for the NextGen UBE; and (4) the Bar receives the Applicant’s UBE score no later than nine months after the filing of the application. To transfer a UBE score, an Applicant must send a written transfer request, along with the prescribed fee, to the NCBE. (c) Time limits on transferability. The UBE score is transferable for all Applicants for 36 months after the administration of the UBE in which the passing score was earned.

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