Rule 704A. Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score

Rule 704A. Admission by Transferred Uniform Bar Examination Score

An applicant who has taken the Uniform Bar Examination in a jurisdiction other than Illinois

and earned or exceeded the scaled total score deemed passing by the Board may be admitted to the

practice of law in this state on the following conditions:

(a) The scaled total score was achieved by taking all portions of the Uniform Bar

Examination in the same jurisdiction and in the same exam administration and was attained

within the four years immediately preceding the date the application for admission in this state

is properly submitted. The date on which a score on the Uniform Bar Examination was attained

is the Wednesday of the week during which the Uniform Bar Examination in question was

administered.

(b) The applicant:

(1) meets the educational requirements of Rule 703 or

(2) meets all requirements under Rule 715 as of the date of the properly submitted

application for admission under this Rule and, as of that date, would have been qualified

pursuant to Rule 715 to sit for admission to the bar upon academic qualification

examination.

(c) In the event the Board of Admissions to the Bar shall find that an applicant has achieved

a passing Uniform Bar Examination score as determined by the Board through transfer from

another jurisdiction, a required minimum score on professional responsibility examinations as

required, meets the requirements of these rules, and has received from the Committee on

Character and Fitness its certification of good moral character and general fitness to practice

law, the Board shall certify to the Court that these requirements have been met; the Board may

also transmit to the Court any additional information or recommendation it deems appropriate.

(d) The applicant is in good disciplinary standing before the highest court of every

jurisdiction in which ever admitted.

ter and Fitness its certification of good moral character and general fitness to practice

law, the Board shall certify to the Court that these requirements have been met; the Board may

also transmit to the Court any additional information or recommendation it deems appropriate.

(d) The applicant is in good disciplinary standing before the highest court of every

jurisdiction in which ever admitted.

(e) For all persons transferring a Uniform Bar Examination score, the transferred score is

valid for four years from the date of the properly submitted application for admission with a

transferred Uniform Bar Examination score. An applicant for admission under this Rule who

is not admitted to practice in Illinois within four years of that date must either: i) repeat and

pass the Illinois bar examination after filing the requisite character and fitness and bar

examination applications, and paying the fees therefor, in accordance with Rule 706, or ii)

submit a transferred Uniform Bar Examination score attained after the expiration of the

previously submitted score and satisfy all other requirements of this Rule.

Adopted June 8, 2018, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; amended May 29, 2025, eff. immediately.