Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions
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SCR 2.007 QUALIFICATION, COMPENSATION, EXPENSES, AND ASSISTANTS OF BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS AND COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS Each member of the Board of Bar Examiners and each
member of the Character and Fitness Committee shall have the qualifications of a
circuit judge, and shall be engaged in the active practice of law, including
active practice before the Supreme Court. Except
for compensated expenses and allowances for services rendered as members of the
Board and of the Committee as authorized by the Supreme Court to be paid out of
special funds for such purposes, no member of the Board of Bar Examiners and no
member of the Character and Fitness Committee shall knowingly receive, or agree
to receive, directly or indirectly, compensation for any services rendered or to
be rendered, either by himself or another, in any matter which is before the
Kentucky Supreme Court relating to the admission of a person to practice law in
this state. As appointees of the
Supreme Court, neither the members of the Board of Bar Examiners nor the members
of the Character and Fitness Committee constitute officers or employees of any
agency within the meaning of KRS 61.094, 61.096 and 61.990.
Subject to the approval of the Supreme Court, the Board of Bar Examiners
and the Character and Fitness Committee each may employ such personnel as it
deems appropriate, compensation therefore to be paid out of special funds for
such purposes. |
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Last modified: May 06, 2008 |
