Rule 19 - ConfidentialitySection 1. All information and all records obtained and maintained by the Board of Law Examiners in the performance of its duty under these rules and as delegated by the Supreme Court of Indiana shall be confidential, except as otherwise provided by these rules, or by order of (or as otherwise authorized by) the Supreme Court of Indiana. Section 2. All materials and information in the possession or knowledge of the Board of Law Examiners, the Indiana Office of Admissions and Continuing Education, or its agents or employees, shall be the property of the Supreme Court of Indiana, and the Board shall serve as custodian of such materials and information. This shall include, but not be limited to, the applications and files of all the applicants, reports and correspondence regarding investigation of applicants, inter-office and inter-member memoranda, minutes and records of all meetings and hearings, and all examination materials and results. Section 3. The Board is authorized to disclose information relating to applicants or members of the bar only as follows: (a) The names of applicants successfully passing the law examination. (b) The name of any applicant admitted to the practice of law at any admission ceremony. (c) The name, date of birth, Social Security number and other information relating to a bar application, an applicant, and the result of the bar application for placement in a national data bank operated by or on behalf of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. (d) Upon request of any law school, the names of each of its graduating students that took the law examination and whether each passed or failed the exam. (e) Information requests by the National Conference of Bar Examiners or from a foreign bar admitting agency, when accompanied by a written authorization and release duly executed by the person about whom such information is sought, providing, however, that no information received by the Board under an agreement of confidentiality or designation of confidentiality or otherwise restricted by law or these rules shall be disclosed. (f) Information relating to a violation of the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct or to the unauthorized practice of law may be supplied to the Indiana Disciplinary Commission either at the request of the Disciplinary Commission or on the Board's own motion, except that information received by the Board under an agreement of confidentiality or otherwise restricted by law shall not be disclosed. (g) Copies of documents previously filed by an applicant may be provided upon the applicant's written request. Copies of documents submitted by other parties regarding an applicant may be supplied to the applicant only upon written consent by the party submitting such documents. The complete record of any hearing, including any and all documents or exhibits formally introduced into the record, and any transcript of such hearings may be made available to the applicant who was a party to the hearing pursuant to other provisions of these rules. Ind. R. Att'y Adm. & Discip. 19
Adopted Dec. 23, 1996, effective 3/1/1997; amended Dec. 22, 2000, effective 1/1/2001; amended Sept. 15, 2009, effective 1/1/2010; amended October 6, 2021, effective 1/1/2022.