Rule 2.0 - General Requirements for Admission An applicant is eligible for admission to the practice of law in West Virginia upon establishing to the satisfaction of the Board of Law Examiners:
(1) age of at least eighteen (18) years; (2) good moral character and fitness; (3) graduation from an approved college or university with an A.B., B.S., or higher degree, or its equivalent; (4) graduation from an approved law school with an L.L.B., J.D., or its equivalent under Rule 3.0(b); (5) passing score on the West Virginia General Bar Examination, the Uniform Bar Examination ("UBE"), or qualification under Rule 4.0, et seq.; and (6) passing score on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within twenty-five months of achieving a passing score on the West Virginia Bar Examination or application for admission on motion. Any conviction for false swearing, perjury or any felony, and the applicant's prior and subsequent conduct, shall be considered in the determination of good moral character and fitness.W.V. R. Admis. Prac. Law. 2.0
As amended by order entered 7/25/2001, effective immediately.Review of board decisions. - The Supreme Court reviews de novo the adjudicatory record made before the board of law examiners with regard to questions of law, questions of application of the law to the facts, and questions of whether an applicant should or should not be admitted to the practice of law. In re Dortch, 199 W.Va. 571, 486 S.E.2d 311 (1997); amended by order effective 10/5/2016