SCR 40.04

(1) An applicant who has been awarded a first professional

degree in law from one of the following shall satisfy the legal

competence requirement by presenting to the clerk certification of the

board that the applicant has passed an examination administered by the

board covering all or part of the subject matter areas of law specified in

SCR 40.03(2)(a):

(a) A law school that is fully or provisionally approved by the

American bar association at the time of the applicant’s graduation.

(b) A law school whose graduates are eligible to take the bar

examination of the state, territory or District of Columbia in which

the law school is located, provided the applicant has passed the bar

examination of and has been admitted to practice in that or another

state, territory or the District of Columbia.

(2) Commencing in July 2026, the board shall administer the

Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) prepared by the National

Conference of Bar Examiners. Commencing in July 2028, the board

shall administer the successor to the UBE prepared by the National

Conference of Bar Examiners.

(3) An applicant shall file all application materials and fees with

the board by the December 1 preceding the February examination and

by the May 1 preceding the July examination except that, on payment

of a late fee, application materials and fees shall be filed by the January

1 preceding the February examination and by the June 1 preceding the

July examination.

(3m) An applicant who seeks testing accommodation shall

submit with the application a written request that shall describe the

type of accommodation requested and the reasons for the requested

accommodation, including medical documentation. If the request is

denied in whole or in part, the board's response shall state the reasons.

Denial of a request for testing accommodation, in whole or in part,

constitutes an adverse determination that may be appealed pursuant to

SCR 40.08(6) and (7).

(4) The board, in its discretion, may permit an applicant who

has not yet been awarded a first professional degree in law to take the

examination if it is reasonably anticipated that the applicant will

receive that degree within 60 days after the examination.

(5) Repealed.

(6) The board shall provide to each applicant prior to the

examination a list of topics taken from the areas of law specified in

SCR 40.03(2)(a) from which the essay portion of the examination will

be drawn.

(7) The board shall establish the passing score for the bar

examination in advance of each examination and shall advise each

applicant of the score so established.

(8) An unsuccessful examinee who files a written request with

the board within 90 days of mailing of notice by the board of failure of

the examination shall be entitled to inspect the examinee's essay

examination paper.

(9) Commencing in July 2026, an applicant may be eligible for

admission provided the applicant has received a scaled score of 260 or

higher earned in another jurisdiction on the UBE and the score is

certified as a UBE score by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

The applicant shall submit evidence of the score and a complete

application for admission to the Board within 36 months of the date of

the qualifying examination being used as the basis for the admission.

(10) (a) Before being admitted to the practice of law in

Wisconsin by UBE examination or by transferred UBE score, an

applicant shall successfully complete 21 hours of the Wisconsin law

and practice educational component.

(b) The Wisconsin law and practice educational component shall

be completed no later than 12 months after receiving notification of a

passing UBE score or within 12 months of filing an application for

admission via an eligible UBE transfer score.

(c) The Wisconsin law and practice educational component shall

be comprised of subject matter areas based on the requirements of the

diploma privilege as found in SCR 40.03 and approved by the board.