Section 8 - [Effective 4/1/2024] Application for Reexamination(A) An applicant who has failed and seeks to retake an Ohio bar examination shall file with the Office of Bar Admissions an Application for Reexamination. A reexamination application for the February examination shall be filed by the first day of November immediately preceding the examination. A reexamination application for the July examination shall be filed by the first day of April immediately preceding the examination. The secretary of the Board of Bar Examiners may set a later filing deadline for applicants for reexamination who have taken a bar examination, the results of which have not been released prior to the filing deadlines established in this division.(B) The reexamination application shall be on forms furnished by the Office of Bar Admissions and shall include all of the following: (1) An affidavit that the applicant has not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law;(2) A typed and completed supplemental reexamination character questionnaire in the form prescribed by the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness, updating the previously furnished information on the applicant's character, fitness, and moral qualifications;(3) A fee in the amount charged by the NCBE for the UBE components;(4) A fee of three hundred thirty dollars if the reexamination application is filed on or before the dates set forth in division (A) of this section or any later filing deadline set by the secretary of the Board of Bar Examiners. The fee shall be four hundred thirty dollars if either of the following applies: (a) A reexamination application for the February examination is filed after the first day of November or any later filing deadline set by the secretary of the Board of Bar Examiners, but on or before the tenth day of December;(b) A reexamination application for the July examination is filed after the first day of April but on or before the tenth day of May.(C) The Office of Bar Admissions shall refer the reexamination application to the regional or local bar association admissions committee in accordance with Section 13 of this rule. The admissions committee shall review the reexamination application, conduct further investigation and interviews under Section 13 of this rule if appropriate or necessary, and report its recommendation regarding the applicant's character, fitness, and moral qualifications to the Board on a form prescribed by the Board.(D) Notwithstanding an applicant's timely filing of a reexamination application, an applicant may not take an Ohio bar examination unless the Board reissues a final approval of the applicant's character, fitness, and moral qualifications at least three weeks prior to the examination.(E) Applicants for reexamination shall be admitted to the February examination only, provided, however, that applicants for reexamination may be admitted to the July examination if the physical limitations of the examination hall permit after all applicants for examination have been admitted. If all applicants for reexamination cannot be admitted to the July examination because of the physical limitations of the examination hall, the reexamination applicants shall be admitted in the order in which their reexamination applications were received by the Office of Bar Admissions.(F) The applicant is under a continuing duty to update the information contained in the reexamination application, including the supplemental reexamination character questionnaire, and to report promptly to the Office of Bar Admissions all changes or additions to the information in the application that occur prior to the applicant's admission to practice.Adopted April 4, 2020, effective 6/1/2020; amended January 10, 2024, effective 4/1/2024.