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License Description Art. III-1. (A) The application to take the bar examination and for admission to the bar (for which the official forms obtainable from the administrative director must be used) shall be filed between 01 March and 30 April for a July examination and between 01 October and 30 November for a February examination.Applications filed between 01 March and 31 March for a July examination or between 01 October and 31 October for a February examination shall be filed together with the fee prescribed by Article X(1)(a). Applications filed between 01 April and 30 April for a July examination or 01 November and 30 November for a February examination shall be filed together with the fee prescribed by Article X(1)(b). (B) The application for admission by transfer of a Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) score (for which the official forms obtainable from the administrative director must be used) shall be filed within 3 years after attaining a total scaled score of 266 or higher on the UBE taken in any jurisdiction, together with the fee prescribed by Article X (2). A score is considered to have been attained on the date of the administration of the UBE that resulted in the score. Applications for admission by transfer of a UBE score may be filed concurrently any time after an application to sit for the UBE in another jurisdiction is filed with that jurisdiction. Any such concurrent application for admission by transfer of a UBE score must include a copy of the application filed in the other UBE jurisdiction in which the applicant will take the UBE. UBE scores for such concurrent applications must be transferred to the administrative office no later than 31 December for a July exam and no later than 30 June for a February exam. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that his or her qualifying UBE score is transferred to the administrative director by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). Applicants shall submit official transcripts of undergraduate and legal education sufficient to satisfy the committee that the applicant's educational qualifications meet the requirements of Section 2-8 of the Rules. (C) Answers on the application must be typewritten or prepared by electronic means and the application to take the bar examination and for admission to the bar must be used only for the examination for which it is issued. An application is considered filed on the day it is RECEIVED, properly completed with the appropriate fees paid, in the office of the administrative director. An applicant who fails to pass a Connecticut bar examination shall be permitted to file an application for the next administration of the bar examination within three weeks of the release of the results of the prior examination. Art. III-2. Incidental to an application for admission to the bar by examination or an application for admission by UBE score transfer, each applicant shall be required to file the following supporting documents as appropriate: (A) Certified copies of driving record and accident history. (B) Certificates of good standing from all courts (state and federal, except the U.S. Supreme Court) before which the applicant is admitted to practice. (C) A copy of each application for admission to the bar and/or for admission to every bar examination submitted by the applicant in any jurisdiction other than Connecticut. (D) Any other information requested by the examining committee. All supporting documents required by this Article should be filed concurrently with the application. Art. III-3. An applicant who withdraws his or her application to take the bar examination at least 30 days prior to the examination shall be entitled to a fee credit of seventy-five percent of the application fee paid by the applicant. Withdrawals for medical reasons accompanied by a doctor's certificate shall be entitled to a fee credit of seventy-five percent of the application fee paid by the applicant if received within ten days after the examination. In extraordinary circumstances, the Chair, or the Chair's designee, shall have the discretion to grant a credit of up to one hundred percent. In order to demonstrate extraordinary circumstances, the applicant must present evidence of exigent circumstances, such as serious illness or death in the family. All such requests related to exigent circumstances for a fee credit must be in writing and accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation, and must be received by the administrative director within thirty days after the examination. Any fee credits to which a withdrawing applicant may be entitled must be applied toward either of the next two succeeding examinations. All withdrawals must be in writing, addressed to the administrative director and are effective on the date received by the administrative director. This regulation shall be effective upon adoption and shall apply for all applicants beginning with the July 2018 examination. Art. III-4. The administrative director shall make the applications available to the chairperson of the standing committee on recommendations in the appropriate county. The administrative director shall give notice by publication in the Connecticut Law Journal of the names of the applicants for the examination. Unless a written objection to an applicant is received by the appropriate standing committee on recommendations or by the examining committee within 10 days of publication, or the standing committee does not approve an applicant, the report of the standing committee shall be submitted to the county clerk without a meeting of the county bar. In the event that an objection shall be made to any applicant or the standing committee does not approve an applicant there shall be a hearing by the standing committee which shall make a special report on such applicant to be presented to a meeting of the bar of the county at which meeting said bar shall approve or disapprove such applicant. Art. III-5. The administrative director shall retain the applications for not more than five (5) years and shall thereafter transmit them to the state library for permanent storage. Art. III-6. (a) No person who has been disbarred from the practice of law in any jurisdiction, or who is a party to pending disbarment proceedings in any jurisdiction, or who has resigned from the bar pending disciplinary proceedings in any jurisdiction may apply for admission to the Connecticut bar or to sit for the Connecticut bar examination until he or she has been readmitted to practice without condition or restriction in the jurisdiction disbarring or accepting the resignation of such person or until the pending disbarment proceedings have been resolved in favor of the applicant. (b) No person who has been suspended from the practice of law in any jurisdiction may apply for admission to the Connecticut bar or sit for the Connecticut bar examination until the expiration of the period of suspension in the jurisdiction imposing such suspension.
Licensing Agency
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
Connecticut Bar Examining Committee
Active Status Active
Continuing Education No continuing education requirement to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
Education Degree required
Exam State exam required
License Type Stand-alone license
License Updated 07/19/2019
Physical Requirements No physical requirements
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