SCR 40.06. Requirement as to character and fitness to

Requirement as to character and fitness to

practice law.

(1) An applicant for bar admission shall establish good moral

character and fitness to practice law. The purpose of this requirement is

to limit admission to those applicants found to have the qualities of

character and fitness needed to assure to a reasonable degree of

certainty the integrity and the competence of services performed for

clients and the maintenance of high standards in the administration of

justice.

(2) Repealed.

(3) An applicant shall establish to the satisfaction of the board

that the applicant satisfies the requirement set forth in sub. (1). The

board shall certify to the supreme court the character and fitness of

qualifying applicants. The board shall decline to certify the character

and fitness of an applicant who knowingly makes a materially false

statement of material fact or who fails to disclose a fact necessary to

correct a misapprehension known by the applicant to have arisen in

connection with his or her application.

(3m) An applicant for admission under SCR 40.03 shall file an

application for a character and fitness certification with the board by a

date specified by the board.

(4) The board shall not certify an applicant while an attorney

disciplinary matter against the applicant is pending or the applicant is

certified by the department of workforce development as delinquent in

making court-ordered payments of support or failing to comply with a

subpoena or warrant, as those terms are defined in SCR 11.04(1). If an

applicant's license to practice law in another jurisdiction is suspended

or revoked for reasons related to professional responsibility at the time

the application is filed or at any time that the application is pending, the

suspension or revocation is a sufficient basis for denial of certification.

ling to comply with a

subpoena or warrant, as those terms are defined in SCR 11.04(1). If an

applicant's license to practice law in another jurisdiction is suspended

or revoked for reasons related to professional responsibility at the time

the application is filed or at any time that the application is pending, the

suspension or revocation is a sufficient basis for denial of certification.

(5) The dean of a law school in this state shall have a continuing

duty to report to the board any information reflecting adversely upon

the character and fitness to practice law of an applicant for bar

admission under SCR 40.03.