Rule 8.05 - Application for Character and Fitness Report(a) Every applicant for admission under Rule 8.07, Rule 8.09, Rule 8.10, Rule 8.105 or Rule 8.106 shall file with the clerk of this Court a written application for character and fitness report in the form prescribed by the board. Applicants shall pay to the clerk of this Court the prescribed non-refundable fee.(b) Except as provided in Rule 8.05(c) and 8.05(d), the application for character and fitness report shall be filed concurrently with the application for admissions under Rule 8.07, Rule 8.09, Rule 8.10, Rule 8.105 or Rule 8.106.(c) Law students intending to apply for admission in Missouri upon graduation from law school may file an application for character and fitness report upon commencing the study of law in a juris doctorate program at a law school approved by the American Bar Association but prior to the student's last year of law school. Law students in their last year of law school must submit an application for character and fitness report, if not previously submitted, concurrently with an application for bar examination in accord with the filing deadlines set out in Rule 8.07.(d) An applicant seeking reinstatement to the bar by this Court pursuant to Rule 5.28 shall, upon written notification by the chief disciplinary counsel, file an application for character and fitness report in the form and manner prescribed by the chief disciplinary counsel. The chief disciplinary counsel and the board may enter into an agreement for the board to conduct character and fitness investigations for applicants seeking reinstatement to the bar. The character and fitness investigation and report completed pursuant to this section shall be included in the applicant's reinstatement file maintained by the chief disciplinary counsel.(e) An applicant shall be required to file a new and complete application for character and fitness report and pay the prescribed fee if more than 60 months have expired since the date the application initially was filed.Application for Character and Fitness Report - Regulations of the Board of Law Examiners
1. Law students are encouraged to file an application for character and fitness report upon beginning law schooland may be allowed a reduced application fee as set out in the prescribed fee schedule.2. The application for character and fitness report is a continuing application, and applicants are required to file awritten update within 30 days of any change to any information provided or sought in the application.Mo. R. Gov. Bar Jud. 8.05
Adopted Feb. 1, 1972, eff. 9/1/1972. Amended Jan. 15, 1991, eff. 8/1/1991, 1/8/1993, Oct. 16, 1995, eff. 3/1/1996, May 14, 1999, eff. 1/1/2000, July 3, 2001, eff. 8/1/2001. Amended and renamed Sept. 3, 2003, eff. 10/1/2003. As amended Jan. 27, 2004, eff. 2/1/2004. Amended April 8, 2010, eff. 7/1/2010. Amended August 16, 2011, eff. 9/1/2011. Amended June 29, 2017, eff. 7/1/2017; amended Sept. 05, 2018, eff. 1/1/2019; amended August 16, 2023, eff. 9/1/2023.