Article 7. Admissions.

Rule 14-701. Definitions.

As used in this article:

(a) "ABA" means the American Bar Association;

(b) "active member" means an attorney who is eligible to engage in the practice of law in Utah, has applied for active status, and has paid the required fees;

(c) "Admissions Committee" means those Utah State Bar members or others appointed by the Board or president of the Bar who are charged with recommending standards and procedures for admission to the Bar and with implementation of this article; The Admissions Committee is responsible for supervising the work of the Bar Examiner Committee, the Bar Exam Administration Committee, the Special Accommodations Committee, and the Character and Fitness Committee, hearing appeals as provided herein and performing other work relating to the admission of applicants.

(d) "admission on motion applicant" means any person who satisfies the requirements of Rule 14-705;

(e) "approved law school" means a law school which is fully or provisionally approved by the ABA pursuant to its Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools; To qualify as approved, the law school must have been fully or provisionally approved at the time of the applicant's graduation, or at the time of the applicant's enrollment, provided that the applicant graduated within a typical and reasonable period of time.

(f) "applicant" means each person requesting admission to the Bar. For purposes of this article, an applicant is classified as a student applicant, a student attorney applicant, a foreign law school applicant, an attorney applicant, an admission on motion applicant;

(g) "attorney applicant" means any person who satisfies the requirements of Rule 14-704;

(h) "Bar" means the Utah State Bar, including its employees, committees and the Board;

(i) "Bar Examination" means either the student Bar Examination or the attorney Bar Examination as defined in Rule 14-710 or both, as the context requires;

(j) "Bar Examiner Committee" means those Bar members or others appointed by the Board or president of the Bar who are charged with drafting and reviewing questions and model answers and grading the Bar Examination;

(k) "Bar Exam Administration Committee" means those Bar members or others appointed by the Board or president of the Bar who are charged with assisting in the administration and evaluation of the Bar Examination;

(l) "Board" means the Board of Bar Commissioners;

(m) "Character and Fitness Committee" means those Bar members or others appointed by the Board or president of the Bar who are charged with assessing the character and fitness of applicants;

(n) "complete application" means an application is complete only if it includes all fees and necessary application forms, along with any required supporting documentation, character references, a criminal background check, a photo, an official certificate of law school graduation and if applicable, a special accommodation request with supporting medical documentation, a certificate of good standing, and a certificate of practice;

(o) "confidential information" is defined in Rule 14-719(a);

(p) "deputy general counsel of admissions or deputy general counsel" are terms used interchangeably to mean the Bar's attorney in charge of admissions or his or her designee;

(q) "disbarred attorney" means a person who has been licensed to practice law in a state or United States territory or the District of Columbia and who is no longer licensed to practice law because of disbarment or resignation with discipline pending or their equivalents;

(r) "executive director" means the executive director of the Utah State Bar or his or her designee;

(s) "foreign law school" means any school located outside of the United States and its protectorates, that is accredited by that jurisdiction's legal accreditation body, if one exists, and whose graduates are otherwise permitted by that jurisdiction's highest court to practice law;

(t) "general counsel" means the general counsel of the Utah State Bar or his or her designee;

(u) "inactive member" means an attorney who is not eligible to engage in the practice of law in Utah and has applied to the Bar for inactive status and has paid the required fees;

(v) "MBE" means the Multistate Bar Examination prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners;

(w) "MEE" means the Multistate Essay Examination prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners;

(x) "MPRE" means the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners;

(y) "MPT" means the Multistate Performance Test prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners;

(z) "NCBE" means the National Conference of Bar Examiners, an organization which develops, maintains, and applies reasonable and uniform standards of bar examination education and testing;

(aa) "OPC" means the Office of Professional Conduct of the Utah State Bar;

(bb) "privileged information" in this article includes: information subject to the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, test materials and applications of examinees; written decisions of the Board, Admissions Committee, Character and Fitness Committee, and Special Accommodations Committee; and the identity of individuals participating in the drafting, reviewing, grading and scoring of the Bar Examination;

(cc) "Special Accommodations Committee" means those Bar members or others appointed by the Board or president of the Bar who are charged with the review of requests from applicants seeking special accommodations under which to take the Bar Examination and who make determinations thereon;

(dd) "student applicant" means any person who satisfies the requirements of Rule 14-703;

(ee) "student attorney applicant" means any applicant licensed to practice law in a sister state or United States territory or the District of Columbia, who does not qualify as an attorney applicant under Rule14-704 and must satisfy the requirements of Rule 14-703;

(ff) "Supreme Court" means the Utah Supreme Court;

(gg) "updated application" means that an applicant must complete a reapplication for admission form updating any information that has changed since the prior application was filed and submit a new criminal background check; and

(hh) "written component" means that portion of the Bar Examination that consists of essay questions and MPT questions.