Rule 6. Admission by Bar Examination
Effective Date: 3/1/2009
Obsolete Date: 9/1/2010
A. All applicants for admission by bar examination:
1. must meet the requirements of Rules 1, 2 and 5;
2. shall apply to take the examination on forms provided by the Board.
3. must receive a passing score on the North Dakota bar examination as recommended by the Board in a pass/fail policy approved by the Supreme Court at least one month prior to each exam; and
4. must receive at least a scaled score of 85 on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).
B. The North Dakota bar exam shall consist of the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), and the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), which are prepared by and given under the supervision of the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
C. In lieu of taking the MBE in North Dakota, an applicant may transfer any MBE scaled score received from an examination given in another jurisdiction provided:
1. the other requirements of this Rule are met;
2. the applicant has been admitted to the bar of the jurisdiction in which the MBE examination was written; and
3. proof of the MBE score and a completed application are received at the offices of the Board within two years of the date of the examination in the jurisdiction of admission.
D. Upon acceptance and approval of the application by the Board and the payment of the required fees, the applicant may take the bar examination. This general permission to the take the examination does not imply that an applicant has met all the requirements for admission to the bar of North Dakota.
E. The Board shall set the date, time, place and content of each examination.
F. An applicant whose disability requires testing accommodations shall submit with the application a written request on such forms as required under the Board's testing accommodations policy. The Board shall notify the applicant of its decision and provide an opportunity for reconsideration.
G. Taking into consideration the results of the bar examination, along with the applicant's moral character, the Board shall make a recommendation to the Supreme Court regarding the admission of each applicant to the bar.
[Amended effective August 1, 2001; March 1, 2009.]