Rule - Application For Bar Examination - Regulations of Board of Law Examiners1. Applications are deemed "properly filed" when the prescribed fee is tendered in full, the electronic portion of the application and character and fitness application are submitted electronically, and the executed Authorization and Release form is uploaded or received by mail. Any portion of an application that is returned for postage or because it is improperly addressed will not be considered properly postmarked. If the filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the deadline shall be the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.2. If the application is not substantially complete, as determined by the board, and is rejected for filing, the applicable increased late fee will be imposed if a complete application is not properly postmarked or received by the filing deadline.3. Upon written notice to the board received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourteenth day before the examination applied for, an applicant may postpone taking the examination applied for and carry forward the application fee one time to the next scheduled examination. The applicant shall pay a postponement fee as set out in the prescribed fee schedule, within 10 days of submitting written notice of postponement. Except for extraordinary circumstances and good cause shown, an applicant who does not submit timely written notice of postponement shall be required to pay the prescribed application fee in full in order to sit for any future examination. By allowing an applicant to postpone taking the examination, the board does not waive, alter, or extend any provisions of Rule 8.Mo. R. Gov. Bar Jud. Application For Bar Examination - Regulations of Board of Law Examiners
As adopted June 27, 1980, eff. 8/1/1980. As amended Nov. 20, 1990, eff. 7/1/1991, Jan. 15, 1991, eff. 8/1/1991, 1/8/1993, Oct. 16, 1995, eff. 3/1/1996, July 3, 2001, eff. 8/1/2001, Sept. 3, 2003, eff. 10/1/2003. As amended Jan. 27, 2004, eff. 2/1/2004. Amended December 18, 2007, eff. 1/1/2008. Amended Jan. 26, 2009, eff. 7/1/2009. Amended April 8, 2010, eff. 7/1/2010. Amended August 16, 2011, eff. 9/1/2011. Amended June 29, 2017, eff. 7/1/2017; amended January 31, 2023, effective 9/1/2023.