Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions

         (1)  Any person who has been admitted to the highest Court of the District of Columbia or some sister state and who has been engaged in the active practice of law, in a state or jurisdiction which has reciprocity or comity with Kentucky, for five of the seven years next preceding the filing of an application may be admitted to the Bar of this state without examination provided the applicant meets all requirements for admission to the Bar under these Rules. Active engagement in the teaching of the law shall be considered active engagement in the practice of law.

         (2) An attorney applying for admission under this Rule shall file with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, on the form provided for application for admission, such information as shall be requested thereon accompanied by a fee of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200), no part of which shall be refunded. The Clerk shall forward the application to the Character and Fitness Committee.  An applicant shall file with the Character and Fitness Committee such other affidavits, certificates, documents and materials as shall be required to satisfy the Committee of the applicant's good moral character and fitness to be a member of the Bar of this state. With respect to character and fitness, the Character and Fitness Committee shall process such applications pursuant to Rule 2.040.

        (3) An applicant shall show proof of having taken and successfully passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination with a scaled score of 75 or above prior to being licenses to practice law under this Rule.

        (4) In addition to the fee above described, an attorney for admission under this Rule shall pay all investigative fees, reporting fees or other expenses required and assessed by the Character and Fitness Committee as deemed necessary in determining the character and fitness of an applicant, including but not limited to the fee paid to the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

        (5) Admission under this Rule shall be conditioned as follows: (a) applicant shall file with the application for admission a verified statement that, if admitted, the applicant intends to engage in the practice of law in Kentucky and that the applicant agrees to abide by the rules, duties and standards imposed upon attorneys of this state; (b) applicant must further file proof that the district or state from which the applicant applies and in which the applicant performs the major portion of his professional activities has rules or other provisions providing for admission without examination and by reciprocity or comity which are at least equivalent to this Rule 2.110 and all other pertinent rules of this jurisdiction.

[Amended effective March 6, 1974; September 24, 1975; January 1, 1978; February 24, 1986; January 1, 1988; November 15, 1991; August 1, 1992; February 1, 2000]

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