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Iowa Ct. R. 31.5
Bar examination application; contents; deadlines
31.5(1) The board of law examiners and the director will designate such forms as may
be necessary for application for examination. The application must require the applicant to
demonstrate the applicant is a person of honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness, and one who
appreciates and will adhere to the Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct as adopted by the
supreme court, together with such other information as the board and the director determine
to be necessary and proper.
31.5(2) Every applicant for admission to the bar must make application, under oath, and
upon a form designated by the director. The applicant must file the application with the director
no later than April 1 preceding the July examination or November 1 preceding the February
examination. An applicant who fails the Iowa bar examination and wants to take the next
examination must file a new application within the above deadlines or within 30 days of the
date the applicant’s score is posted in the office of professional regulation, whichever is later.
There will be no waiver of these deadlines. If any changes occur after the application is filed that
affect the applicant’s answers, the applicant must amend the application. A new and complete
application must be filed for each examination for admission.
31.5(3) The board may designate portions of the data submitted for this purpose by the
applicant or third parties as a confidential record. The board and the director must segregate
that portion of the application data deemed confidential from the portion that is filed as a public
record. In the event of a request for a hearing on character or fitness under rule 31.9(2) following
an initial determination by the board, it may designate any additional information received at the
hearing and all proceedings before the board as a confidential record.
History
[Court Order October 14, 1968; July 2, 1975; November 21, 1977; March 20, 1987, effective June 1, 1987; February 16, 1990, effective March 15, 1990; March 26, 1993, effective July 1, 1993; June 5, 1996, effective July 1, 1996; (Prior to July 1, 1996, Court Rule 103); November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002; April 20, 2005, effective July 1, 2005; June 20, 2007, effective July 1, 2007; June 5, 2008, effective July 1, 2008; September 17, 2008; December 10, 2012; December 13, 2017, effective January 1, 2018; October 24, 2019, effective January 1, 2020; December 18, 2020, effective January 1, 2021; September 14, 2021, effective October 1, 2021; February 24, 2026, effective July 1, 2026]
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