Rule 705. Confidentiality

(a)

Confidential and Privileged Information.

Unless otherwise provided in this rule, all information provided by or obtained with respect to an applicant for admission to the Kansas bar, including the applicant’s score on the examination, is confidential and privileged and must not be disclosed or released.

(b)

Public Records.

The Attorney Admissions office will maintain only the following records as public records:

(1)  each applicant’s name, address, and educational achievement and whether the applicant has met all the admission requirements;

(2)  the name and application docket number of each applicant who has received a temporary permit or legal intern permit; and

(3)  any statistical summary that the Supreme Court specifically designates as a public record.

(c)

Permissible Release of Information.

The Attorney Admissions office may release an application for admission to the bar, other information relating to the application, and an applicant’s performance on the bar examination in accordance with a Supreme Court order or as follows:

(1)  to the National Conference of Bar Examiners;

(2)  to the bar admissions authority of any jurisdiction where the applicant has applied for admission to the practice of law if the following provisions are met:

(A)  the applicant has made a written request for the release; and

(B)  the receiving authority has agreed not to give the information to the applicant;

(3)  to the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator, the admissions attorney, the Attorney Admissions Review Committee, the Board of Law Examiners, the clerk of the appellate courts, and the Kansas attorney general for the following purposes:

(A)  an investigation or a hearing as to character and fitness qualifications under Rule 712;

(B)  a disciplinary investigation or proceeding; and

(C)  administration of the bar examination; and

Administrator, the admissions attorney, the Attorney Admissions Review Committee, the Board of Law Examiners, the clerk of the appellate courts, and the Kansas attorney general for the following purposes:

(A)  an investigation or a hearing as to character and fitness qualifications under Rule 712;

(B)  a disciplinary investigation or proceeding; and

(C)  administration of the bar examination; and

(4)  to a law school in a report providing the following information about each of the law school’s graduates:

(A)  the applicant’s name;

(B)  the applicant’s date of graduation;

(C)  whether the applicant received a passing score in Kansas;

(D)  whether the applicant received a UBE score that would be a passing score in any jurisdiction;

(E)  whether the applicant consented to release of the applicant’s UBE score; and

(F)  the applicant’s UBE score if the applicant consented to its release.

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History:

New rule adopted effective July 1, 2022.]