Rule 14-703. Qualifications for admission of student, student attorney, and foreign law school applicants.

(a) Requirements of student and student attorney applicants. The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish by clear and convincing evidence that he or she:

(a)(1) has paid the prescribed fees and timely filed the required application in accordance with Rule 14-707;

(a)(2) is at least 21 years old;

(a)(3) has graduated with a first professional degree in law (Juris Doctorate or Bachelor of Laws) from an approved law school;

(a)(4) is of good moral character and has satisfied the requirements of Rule 14-708;

(a)(5) has successfully passed the student Bar Examination as prescribed in Rule 14-710;

(a)(6) has successfully passed the MPRE as prescribed in Rule 14-713; and

(a)(7) has complied with the provisions of Rule 14-716 concerning licensing and enrollment fees.

(b) Requirements of foreign law school applicants. The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish by clear and convincing evidence that he or she:

(b)(1) graduated from a foreign law school in a country where principles of English common law form the predominant basis for that country's system of jurisprudence;

(b)(2) has paid the prescribed fees and timely filed the required application as a foreign law school applicant in accordance with Rule 14-707;

(b)(3) is at least 21 years old;

(b)(4) has been admitted to practice law in an English common law jurisdiction;

(b)(5) has been substantially (meaning 50% or more) and lawfully engaged in the practice of law in an English common law jurisdiction for no fewer than two years;

(b)(6) has earned a minimum grade of "C" or its passing equivalent, within 24 consecutive months, not fewer than 24 semester hours, or their equivalent in quarter hours, at an approved law school, including no less than one course each in a core or survey course of constitutional law, civil procedure, criminal procedure or criminal law, legal ethics and evidence;

(b)(7) is of good moral character and has satisfied the requirements of Rule 14-708;

(b)(8) has successfully passed the student Bar Examination and MPRE as prescribed in Rules 14-710 and 14-713; and

(b)(9) has complied with the provisions of Rule 14-716 concerning licensing and enrollment fees.

(c) Foreign law school graduates not meeting the requirements of paragraph (b). All other students and graduates from foreign law schools not meeting the requirements of paragraph (b) may be recommended for admission only if they have graduated with a first professional degree in law (Juris Doctorate or Bachelor of Law) from an ABA approved law school.